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Nehemiah 10 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:1 - Now those who put down their names were Nehemiah the Tirshatha, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:2 - Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:3 - Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:4 - Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:5 - Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:6 - Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:7 - Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:8 - Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:9 - And the Levites: by name, Jeshua, the son of Azaniah, Binnui, of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:10 - And their brothers, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:11 - Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:12 - Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:13 - Hodiah, Bani, Beninu.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:14 - The chiefs of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:15 - Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:16 - Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:17 - Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:18 - Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:19 - Hariph, Anathoth, Nobai,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:20 - Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:21 - Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:22 - Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:23 - Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:24 - Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:25 - Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:26 - And Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:27 - Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:28 - And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the door-keepers, the music-makers, the Nethinim, and all those who had made themselves separate from the peoples of the lands, to keep the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and wisdom;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - They were united with their brothers, their rulers, and put themselves under a curse and an oath, to keep their steps in the way of God's law, which was given by Moses, the servant of God, and to keep and do all the orders of the Lord, our Lord, and his decisions and his rules;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:30 - And that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the lands, or take their daughters for our sons;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:31 - And if the peoples of the lands come to do trade in goods or food on the Sabbath day, that we would do no trade with them on the Sabbath or on a holy day: and that in the seventh year we would take no payment from any debtor.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:32 - And we made rules for ourselves, taxing ourselves a third of a shekel every year for the upkeep of the house of our God;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:33 - For the holy bread, and for the regular meal offering and the regular burned offering on the Sabbaths and at the new moon and the fixed feasts, and for the sin-offerings to take away the sin of Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:34 - And we, the priests and the Levites and the people, made selection, by the decision of the Lord, of those who were to take the wood offering into the house of God, by families at the regular times, year by year, to be burned on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is recorded in the law;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:35 - And to take the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of every sort of tree, year by year, into the house of the Lord;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:36 - As well as the first of our sons and of our cattle, as it is recorded in the law, and the first lambs of our herds and of our flocks, which are to be taken to the house of our God, to the priests who are servants in the house of our God:
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37 - And that we would take the first of our rough meal, and our lifted offerings, and the fruit of every sort of tree, and wine and oil, to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God; and the tenth of the produce of our land to the Levites; for they, the Levites, take a tenth in all the towns of our ploughed land.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:38 - And the priest, the son of Aaron, is to be with the Levites, when the Levites take the tenths: and the Levites are to take a tenth of the tenths into the house of our God, to the rooms, into the store-house;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39 - For the children of Israel and the children of Levi are to take the lifted offering of the grain and wine and oil into the rooms where the vessels of the holy place are, together with the priests and the door-keepers and the makers of music: and we will not give up caring for the house of our God.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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