Nehemiah 10
Nehemiah 10:1 Those whose seals were on the document were the governor Nehemiah son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
Nehemiah 10:2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
Nehemiah 10:3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
Nehemiah 10:4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
Nehemiah 10:5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
Nehemiah 10:6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
Nehemiah 10:7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
Nehemiah 10:8 Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.
Nehemiah 10:9 The Levites were Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,
Nehemiah 10:10 and their brothers Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
Nehemiah 10:11 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
Nehemiah 10:12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
Nehemiah 10:13 Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.
Nehemiah 10:14 The heads of the people were Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
Nehemiah 10:15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
Nehemiah 10:16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
Nehemiah 10:17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
Nehemiah 10:18 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
Nehemiah 10:19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
Nehemiah 10:20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
Nehemiah 10:21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
Nehemiah 10:22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
Nehemiah 10:23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
Nehemiah 10:24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
Nehemiah 10:25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
Nehemiah 10:26 Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,
Nehemiah 10:27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
Nehemiah 10:28 The rest of the people — the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with their wives, sons, and daughters, everyone who is able to understand and who has separated themselves from the people of the landto obey the instruction of God —
Nehemiah 10:29 joins with their noble brothers and makes themselves strong with a sworn oath[1] to follow the instruction of God given through God’s servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commands, ordinances, and statutes of Yahweh, our Lord.
Nehemiah 10:30 We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land and will not take their daughters as wives for our sons.
Nehemiah 10:31 When the people of the land bring merchandise or any grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or a sacred day. We will also leave the land uncultivated in the seventh year and cancel every debt.
Nehemiah 10:32 We will impose the following commands on ourselves: To give an eighth of an ounce of silver yearly for the service of the house of our God:
Nehemiah 10:33 the bread displayed before Yahveh, the continual[2] tribute offering,[3] the continual ascending offering,[4] the Sabbath and New Moon offerings, the appointed[5] festivals, the sacred things, the sin offerings to atone[6] for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
Nehemiah 10:34 We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our ancestral families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring the wood to our God’s house to burn[7] on the altar of Yahveh our God, as it is written in the instruction.
Nehemiah 10:35 We will bring the firstfruits of our land and every fruit tree to Yahveh’s house year by year.
Nehemiah 10:36 We will also bring the firstborn of our sons and our animals, as prescribed by the instruction, and will get the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister[8] in our God’s house.
Nehemiah 10:37 We will bring a loaf from our first[9] We will also bring a batch of dough to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God. We will also bring the first of our grain offerings, every fruit tree, new wine, and fresh oil. A tenth of our land’s produce belongs to the Levites, for the Levites are to collect the one-tenth offering in all our agricultural towns.
Nehemiah 10:38 A priest from Aaron’s descendants is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to take a tenth of this offering to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.
Nehemiah 10:39 For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and fresh oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the priests who minister are, along with the gatekeepers and singers. We will not neglect the house of our God.
[1] אָלָה = oath. Nehemiah 10:29.
[2] תָּמִיד = continual(ly). Nehemiah 10:33.
[3] מִנְחָה = tribute (offering). Nehemiah 10:33; 13:5, 9.
[4] עֹלָה = ascending (offering). Nehemiah 10:33.
[5] מוֹעֵד = conference, appointed. Nehemiah 10:33.
[6] כָּפַר = atone, absolve. Nehemiah 10:33.
[7] בָּעַר = burn, consume. Nehemiah 10:34.
[8] שָׁרָת = minister. Nehemiah 10:36, 39.
[9]רֵאשִׁית = first Nehemiah 10:37; firstfruits 12:44.
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