Some Scripture-Digging Tips
Notice patterns.
Take note of any repeated words or phrases in this chapter. Circle them and look at how they highlight a key theme of the passage.
Pair the passages.
Read this Scripture section alongside Proverbs 28:14 and 2 Corinthians 6:14. How do the details of one help support the truth of the other?
The Technicalities
It’s been eight years since the Jews re-established their Nehemiah 10 covenant with God – a vow in which they promised not to marry their children to the people of the land or buy goods sold on the Sabbath and to bring their firstfruits and the tithes of their land to the Levites (a tenth of which they put in the storehouse rooms).