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Nehemiah 10 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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The People Who Sealed the Covenant

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:1 - [fn] “On the seals are the names of[fn] Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, 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 are the priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:9 - And the Levites: 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, Nebai,
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 - Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:27 - Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

The Obligations of the Covenant

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:28 - “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 the Law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all who have knowledge and understanding,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - join with their brothers, their nobles, and enter into a curse and an oath to walk in God’s Law that was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord and his rules and his statutes.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:30 - We will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:31 - And if the peoples of the land bring in goods or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, we will not buy 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:32 - “We also take on ourselves the obligation to give yearly a third part of a shekel[fn] for the service of the house of our God:
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:33 - for the showbread, the regular grain offering, the regular burnt offering, the Sabbaths, the new moons, the appointed feasts, the holy things, and the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:34 - We, the priests, the Levites, and the people, have likewise cast lots for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers’ houses, at times appointed, year by year, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:35 - We obligate ourselves to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of the LORD;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:36 - 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 cattle, as it is written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37 - 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 ground, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our towns where we labor.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:38 - And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive the tithes. And the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers of the storehouse.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39 - For the people of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of grain, wine, and oil to the chambers, where the vessels of the sanctuary are, as well as the priests who minister, and the gatekeepers and the singers. We will not neglect the house of our God.”
ESV Footnotes
Ch 10:2 in Hebrew
Hebrew lacks the names of
A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
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