Biblical Reading and Reflections: July 31st (Nehemiah 10 & John 6:1-21)
Alastair's Adversaria
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The Names of the Levites in Nehemiah Chapter 12 and 13
Many of those who had returned wit zorubabl mentioned in chapter 12, were still living. This very much goes against the conventional chronology for which the events here are dated some 60 years later. James jordan has used the close similarities between the names on the two lists to argue that the signing of the covenant occurred at a time when many of these people were alive. The names do not match with the names that we see in nehemiah chapter 12 might be of persons contemporary with nehemiah but within larger houses that did not sign up to the covenant.
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