# Connecting Statement:

In these verses, the Levites continue to praise Yahweh in the presence of the people of Israel.

# Because of all this

because the people had disobeyed and Yahweh had punished them

# On the sealed document are the names

The reader should understand that the men wrote their names on the document before it was sealed.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/covenant]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/seal]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/name]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/prince]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/levite]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/priest]]