Nehemiah 10:28-39
New American Standard Bible
Obligations of the Document
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 joining with their kinsmen, their nobles, and are [a](C)taking on themselves a curse and an oath to walk in God’s Law, which was given through Moses, God’s servant, and to keep and to [b]comply with all the commandments of [c]God our Lord, and His ordinances and 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 [d]buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day; and we will forgo the crops of the (F)seventh year and [e](G)every debt.
32 We also imposed [f]on ourselves the obligation to contribute yearly (H)a third of a 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 moons, 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 so that they could bring it to the house of our God, according to our fathers’ households, at set times annually, to burn on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the Law; 35 and so that they could bring the first fruits of our ground and (L)the first fruits of all the fruit of every tree to the house of the Lord annually, 36 and (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 [g]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 rural towns. 38 And (Q)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, the priests who are ministering, the gatekeepers, and the singers are there. So (T)we will not [h]neglect the house of our God.
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- Nehemiah 10:29 Lit entering into a
- Nehemiah 10:29 Lit do all
- Nehemiah 10:29 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Nehemiah 10:31 Lit take
- Nehemiah 10:31 Lit the loan from every hand
- Nehemiah 10:32 Lit commandments on us
- Nehemiah 10:37 Or coarse meal
- Nehemiah 10:39 Lit abandon
Nehemiah 10:28-39
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Summary of the Covenant
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 peoples of the lands to adhere to the law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all who have knowledge and understanding,(A) 29 join with their kin, their nobles, and enter into a curse and an oath to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord and his ordinances and his statutes.(B) 30 We will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons,(C) 31 and if the peoples of the land bring in merchandise or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, we will not buy it from them on the Sabbath or on a holy day, and we will forego the crops of the seventh year and the exaction of every debt.(D)
32 We also lay on ourselves the obligation to charge ourselves yearly one-third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:(E) 33 for the rows of bread, the regular grain offering, the regular burnt offering, the Sabbaths, the new moons, the appointed festivals, the sacred donations, and the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God. 34 We have also cast lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, by ancestral houses, at appointed times, year by year, to burn on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law.(F) 35 We obligate ourselves to bring the first fruits of our soil and the first fruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of the Lord;(G) 36 also to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God, the firstborn of our sons and of our livestock, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks;(H) 37 and to bring the first of our dough, and our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the wine and the oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and to bring to the Levites the tithes from our soil, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our rural towns.(I) 38 And the priest, the descendant of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive the tithes, and the Levites shall bring up a tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers of the storehouse.(J) 39 For the Israelites and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of grain, wine, and oil to the storerooms where the vessels of the sanctuary are and where the priests who minister and the gatekeepers and the singers are. We will not neglect the house of our God.(K)
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