who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment. ¹ 

(10:1) ¹  “Because of all of this we are entering into a binding covenant ²  in written form; ³  our leaders, our Levites, and our priests have affixed their names ⁴  on the sealed document.”

Now you write in the king’s name whatever in your opinion is appropriate concerning the Jews and seal it with the king’s signet ring. Any decree that is written in the king’s name and sealed with the king’s signet ring cannot be rescinded.

And when ¹  you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation) – when you believed in Christ ²  – you were marked with the seal ³  of the promised Holy Spirit, ⁴ 

So the royal scribes ¹  were summoned in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month. Everything Haman commanded was written to the king’s satraps ²  and governors who were in every province and to the officials of every people, province by province according to its script and people by people according to its language. In the name of King Ahasuerus it was written and sealed with the king’s signet ring.

The angel ¹  then ²  threw him into the abyss and locked ³  and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished. (After these things he must be released for a brief period of time.)

Fields will again be bought with silver, and deeds of purchase signed, sealed, and witnessed. This will happen in the territory of Benjamin, the villages surrounding Jerusalem, the towns in Judah, the southern hill country, the western foothills, and southern Judah. ¹  For I will restore them to their land. ²  I, the Lord, affirm it!’” ³ 

Moreover, as for you, because of our covenant relationship secured with blood, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

Therefore after I have completed this and have safely delivered this bounty to them, ¹  I will set out for Spain by way of you,

the oath ¹  that he swore to our ancestor ²  Abraham. This oath grants ³ 

Now may the God of peace who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ,

before I depart, never to return, ¹  to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow, ² 

Therefore, he knows their deeds, he overthrows them ¹  in the night ²  and they are crushed.

Its back ¹  has rows of shields, shut up closely ²  together as with a seal;

O Lord, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening ¹  of my lips! ² 

So ¹  they went with the soldiers ²  of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.

so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the Lord your God is making with you today. ¹ 

Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community ¹  sealed it with an oath. ² 

Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with the rest of his gear, including his sword, his bow, and even his belt.

(They gave their word ¹  to send away their wives; their guilt offering was a ram from the flock for their guilt.)