Nehemiah 10
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1Those whose seals were on the document were
the governor Nehemiah#Neh 5:14; 8:9; 12:26 son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
2Seraiah,#Neh 12:1–7,11–21 Azariah, Jeremiah,
3Pashhur,#1Ch 9:12 Amariah, Malchijah,
4Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
5Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
6Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
7Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
8Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah.
These were the priests.
9The Levites#Neh 8:7; 9:4–5; 12:8–9 were
Jeshua son of Azaniah,
Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,
10and their brothers
Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
11Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
12Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
13Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.
14The heads of the people#Ezr 2:1–61; Neh 7:6–63 were
Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
15Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
16Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,#Ezr 8:6
17Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
18Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
19Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
20Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
21Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
22Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
23Hoshea, Hananiah,#Neh 7:2 Hasshub,
24Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
25Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
26Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,
27Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
28The 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#Neh 8:2–3 and who has separated themselves from the surrounding peoples#Neh 9:2; 13:3 to obey the law of God — 29join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath#10:29 Lit and enter in a curse and in an oath#Ezr 10:5; Neh 5:12 to follow the law of God given through God’s servant Moses#Neh 8:1 and to obey carefully all the commands, ordinances, and statutes of the Lord our Lord.
Details of the Vow
30We will not give our daughters in marriage to the surrounding peoples and will not take their daughters as wives for our sons.#Ex 34:16; Neh 13:23
31When the surrounding peoples bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or a holy day.#Neh 13:16 We will also leave the land uncultivated in the seventh year#Ex 23:10–11; Lv 25:1–7 and will cancel every debt.#Dt 15:1–3
32We will impose the following commands on ourselves:
To give an eighth of an ounce of silver#10:32 Lit give one-third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:#Ex 30:11–16; Mt 17:24 33the bread displayed before the Lord,#10:33 Lit rows of bread#Lv 24:5–9 the daily grain offering, the regular burnt offering, the Sabbath and New Moon offerings,#Nm 10:10 the appointed festivals, the holy things, the sin offerings to atone for Israel,#Nm 28:2–29:39 and for all the work of the house of our God.
34We have cast lots#Lv 16:8; Neh 11:1 among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our ancestral families#10:34 Lit the house of our fathers at the appointed times each year. They are to bring the wood to our God’s house to burn on the altar of the Lord our God,#Lv 6:12–13; Neh 13:31 as it is written in the law.
35We will bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the Lord’s house year by year.#Lv 26:1–10; Nm 18:12–13 36We will also bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as prescribed by the law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God,#Ex 13:2,12–13 to the priests who serve in our God’s house. 37We will bring a loaf from our first batch of dough#Lv 23:17; Nm 15:20–21; Ezk 44:30 to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God. We will also bring the firstfruits of our grain offerings, of every fruit tree, and of the new wine and fresh oil.#Nm 18:12–13 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.#Lv 27:30 38A priest from Aaron’s descendants is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth,#Nm 18:26 and the Levites are to take a tenth of this offering to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.#Neh 13:12–13 39For 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#Dt 12:6,11 and where the priests who minister are, along with the gatekeepers and singers. We will not neglect the house of our God.#Neh 13:10–11
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Nehemiah 10
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1The first to sign was the governor, Nehemiah son of Hacaliah, and then Zedekiah signed. The following also signed:
2-8Priests:
Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah.
9-13Levites:
Jeshua son of Azaniah,
Binnui of the clan of Henadad,
Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Hodiah,
Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.
14-27Leaders of the people:
Parosh, Pahath Moab,
Elam, Zattu, Bani,
Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,
Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.
The Agreement
28We, the people of Israel, the priests, the Levites, the Temple guards, the Temple musicians, the Temple workers, and all others who in obedience to God's Law have separated themselves from the foreigners living in our land, we, together with our wives and all our children old enough to understand, 29do hereby join with our leaders in an oath, under penalty of a curse if we break it, that we will live according to God's Law, which God gave through his servant Moses; that we will obey all that the Lord, our Lord, commands us; and that we will keep all his laws and requirements.
30 #
Ex 34.16; Dt 7.3 We will not intermarry with the foreigners living in our land.
31 #
Ex 23.10,11; Lv 25.1-7;
Dt 15.1,2 If foreigners bring grain or anything else to sell to us on the Sabbath or on any other holy day, we will not buy from them.
Every seventh year we will not farm the land, and we will cancel all debts.
32 #
Ex 30.11-16
Every year we will each contribute one-eighth of an ounce of silver to help pay the expenses of the Temple.
33We will provide for the Temple worship the following: the sacred bread, the daily grain offering, the animals to be burned each day as sacrifices, the sacred offerings for Sabbaths, New Moon Festivals, and other festivals, the other sacred offerings, the offerings to take away the sins of Israel, and anything else needed for the Temple.
34We, the people, priests, and Levites, will draw lots each year to determine which clans are to provide wood to burn the sacrifices offered to the Lord our God, according to the requirements of the Law.
35 #
Ex 23.19; 34.26; Dt 26.2 We will take to the Temple each year an offering of the first grain we harvest and of the first fruit that ripens on our trees.
36 #
Ex 13.2
The first son born to each of us we will take to the priests in the Temple and there, as required by the Law, dedicate him to God. We will also dedicate the first calf born to each of our cows, and the first lamb or kid born to each of our sheep or goats.
37 #
Nu 18.21
We will take to the priests in the Temple the dough made from the first grain harvested each year and our other offerings of wine, olive oil, and all kinds of fruit.
We will take to the Levites, who collect tithes in our farming villages, the tithes from the crops that grow on our land. 38#Nu 18.26 Priests who are descended from Aaron are to be with the Levites when tithes are collected, and for use in the Temple the Levites are to take to the Temple storerooms one-tenth of all the tithes they collect. 39The people of Israel and the Levites are to take the contributions of grain, wine, and olive oil to the storerooms where the utensils for the Temple are kept and where the priests who are on duty, the Temple guards, and the members of the Temple choir have their quarters.
We will not neglect the house of our God.
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