The list of those making the covenant
“The rest of the people—priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants and all who separated themselves from the neighboring peoples for the sake of the Law of God, together with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand—29 all these now join their brothers the nobles, and bind themselves with a curse and an oath to follow the Law of God given through Moses the servant of God and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations and decrees of the LORD our Lord.
Twenty-one priests. Seventeen Levites. Forty-four other leaders. This list is a memorial to those who pledged their faithfulness to the Lord. Although most of them are unknown and long forgotten, their names still stand in Scripture as a memorial to their faithfulness and to the grace of God, which led them to the stand they took. This list reminds us that when our names and deeds of faith have been forgotten by other people, God will still remember. With the Lord there are no forgotten names.
It also reminds us about the influence we may have on others. Note how many other unnamed people bound themselves to follow what God says. The twenty-one, seventeen, and four-four led the way. May it also be so today, for Jesus' sake.