Nehemiah 10 - 11

The leaders and people agree to the covenant proposed by Nehemiah and Ezra: to walk in God's Law as given to Moses, and to keep God's commands, ordinances and statutes. Particularly, this involved the restriction on marrying outside the Jewish community, the forbidding of sales on the Sabbath day, and the setting aside of finances for the house of God and those who cared for it.

The population was then divided so that 10% lived in Jerusalem, while the other 90% lived in other cities. In this way, the land of Judah and Benjamin was reestablished.