Nehemiah 10:28-39
Legacy Standard Bible
The People Enter into an Oath
28 Now (A)the rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and (B)all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons and their daughters—all those who had knowledge and understanding, 29 are [a]joining with their [b]relatives, their nobles, and are (C)entering into a curse and an oath to walk in God’s law, which was given by the hand of Moses, God’s servant, and to keep and to do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord and His judgments and His statutes; 30 and (D)that we will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons. 31 As (E)for the peoples of the land who bring wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, we will not receive from them on the sabbath or a holy day; and we will forego the crops the (F)seventh year and the (G)exaction of every debt.
32 We also [c]set ourselves under the commandments to give yearly (H)one-third of a [d]shekel for the service of the house of our God: 33 for the (I)showbread, for the continual grain offering, for the continual burnt offering, the sabbaths, the new moon, for the appointed times, for the holy things and for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and all the work of the house of our God.
34 Likewise (J)we cast lots (K)for the supply of wood among the priests, the Levites, and the people, in order to bring it to the house of our God, according to our fathers’ households, at fixed times annually, to burn on the altar of Yahweh our God, as it is written in the law; 35 and to bring the first fruits of our ground and (L)the first fruits of all the fruit of every tree to the house of Yahweh annually, 36 and to (M)bring to the house of our God the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, and the firstborn of our herds and our flocks as it is written in the law, for the priests who are ministering in the house of our God. 37 (N)We will also bring the first of our [e]dough, our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the new wine and the oil (O)to the priests at the chambers of the house of our God, and the (P)tithe of our ground to the Levites, for the Levites are they who receive the tithes in all the towns where we serve. 38 (Q)And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive tithes, and the Levites shall bring up the tenth of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers of (R)the storehouse. 39 For the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the (S)contribution of the grain, the new wine and the oil to the chambers; the utensils of the sanctuary are there, as well as the priests who are ministering and the gatekeepers and the singers. Thus (T)we will not forsake the house of our God.
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- Nehemiah 10:29 Lit taking hold of
- Nehemiah 10:29 Lit brothers
- Nehemiah 10:32 Lit caused commands to stand on us, cf. Neh 4:13; 7:3; 9:2
- Nehemiah 10:32 A shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
- Nehemiah 10:37 Or coarse meal
Nehemiah 10:28-39
Common English Bible
28 The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who have separated themselves from the neighboring peoples to follow the Instruction from God, together with their wives, their sons, their daughters, and all who have knowledge and understanding. 29 They join with their officials and relatives, and make a solemn pledge to live by God’s Instruction, which was given by Moses, God’s servant, and to observe faithfully all the commandments, judgments, and statutes of our Lord God.
30 We won’t give our daughters in marriage to the neighboring peoples, nor take their daughters in marriage for our sons.
31 If the neighboring peoples bring merchandise or any grain to sell on the Sabbath, we won’t buy it from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day.
Every seventh year we won’t plant crops, and we will return anything held in debt.
32 We pledge ourselves to keep the commandment and pay one-third of a shekel each year for the service of our God’s house, 33 for the stacks of bread and the regular grain offering and the regular entirely burned offering, for the sabbaths and the new moons and the appointed festivals, for the holy offerings and the purification offerings to make reconciliation for Israel, and for all the work of our God’s house.
34 We have also cast lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people so that we bring the wood offering into our God’s house by families at the appointed times every year, to burn on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the Instruction.
35 We will also bring the early produce of our soil and the early fruit from all trees every year to the Lord’s house.
36 We will also bring the oldest offspring of our children and our cattle, as it is written in the Instruction, and the oldest males of our herds and flocks to our God’s house, to the priests who serve in our God’s house.
37 We will also bring the first of our dough, our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the wine, and the oil to the priests at the storerooms of our God’s house. We will also bring one-tenth of the produce of our soil to the Levites, for it is the Levites who collect the tenth-part gifts in all the towns where we work.
38 A priest from the family of Aaron must be with the Levites when they collect the tenth-part gifts. Then the Levites must bring up one-tenth of the tenth-part gifts to our God’s house, to the storerooms of the treasury. 39 The Israelites and the Levites must bring the contribution of grain, wine, and oil to the storerooms where the sanctuary equipment is kept, and where the priests on duty, the gatekeepers, and the singers reside. We won’t neglect our God’s house!
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