Nehemiah 10:32-34
1599 Geneva Bible
32 And we made statutes for ourselves to give by the year, the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God,
33 For the [a]showbread, and for the daily offering, and for the daily burnt offering, the Sabbaths, the new moons, for the solemn feasts, and for the things that were sanctified, and for the sin offerings, to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
34 We cast also lots for the offering of the wood, even the Priests, the Levites, and the people, to bring it into the house of our God, [b]by the house of our fathers, yearly at the times appointed, to burn it upon the Altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the Law,
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- Nehemiah 10:33 This declareth wherefore they gave this third part of the shekel, which was besides the half shekel that they were bound to pay, Exod. 30:13.
- Nehemiah 10:34 Or, into the house of.
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