Nehemiah, 10

1. In view of all this we make a firm agreement, in writing. Our princes, our Levites, our priests and the rest of the people have put their names to the document under seal.

1. Those who set their seal are Nehemi'ah the governor, the son of Hacali'ah, Zedeki'ah,

2. On the sealed document were the names of: Nehemiah, son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah;

2. Serai'ah, Azari'ah, Jeremiah,

3. Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

3. Pashhur, Amari'ah, Malchi'jah,

4. Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,

4. Hattush, Shebani'ah, Malluch,

5. Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

5. Harim, Mer'emoth, Obadi'ah,

6. Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

6. Daniel, Gin'nethon, Baruch,

7. Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

7. Meshul'lam, Abi'jah, Mi'jamin,

8. Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

8. Ma-azi'ah, Bil'gai, Shemai'ah; these are the priests.

9. Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.

9. And the Levites: Jeshua the son of Azani'ah, Bin'nui of the sons of Hen'adad, Kad'mi-el;

10. The Levites were: Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,

10. and their brethren, Shebani'ah, Hodi'ah, Keli'ta, Pelai'ah, Hanan,

11. and their kinsmen Shebaniah, Hodaviah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

11. Mica, Rehob, Hashabi'ah,

12. Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,

12. Zaccur, Sherebi'ah, Shebani'ah,

13. Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

13. Hodi'ah, Bani, Beni'nu.

14. Hodiah, Bani, Chenani.

14. The chiefs of the people: Parosh, Pa'hath-mo'ab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

15. The leaders of the people were: Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

15. Bunni, Azgad, Be'bai,

16. Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

16. Adoni'jah, Bigva'i, Adin,

17. Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,

17. Ater, Hezeki'ah, Azzur,

18. Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,

18. Hodi'ah, Hashum, Be'zai,

19. Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,

19. Hariph, An'athoth, Ne'bai,

20. Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

20. Mag'piash, Meshul'lam, Hezir,

21. Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

21. Meshez'abel, Zadok, Jad'du-a,

22. Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,

22. Pelati'ah, Hanan, Anai'ah,

23. Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

23. Hoshe'a, Hanani'ah, Hasshub,

24. Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,

24. Hallo'hesh, Pi'lha, Shobek,

25. Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,

25. Rehum, Hashab'nah, Ma-asei'ah,

26. Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

26. Ahi'ah, Hanan, Anan,

27. Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,

27. Malluch, Harim, Ba'anah.

28. Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

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,

29. And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple slaves and all those who had severed relations with the people of the country to adhere to the law of God, as also their wives, their sons, their daughters, that is, all those who had reached the age of discretion,

29. join with their brethren, 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.

30. have joined their esteemed brothers in a solemn oath to follow the law of God given through Moses, servant of God, and to observe and practise all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, with his rules and his statutes.

30. We will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons;

31. We will not give our daughters in marriage to the peoples of the country, nor allow their daughters to marry our sons.

31. and if the peoples of the land bring in wares 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.

32. If the people of the country bring goods or foodstuff of any kind to sell on the Sabbath day, we will buy nothing from them on Sabbath or holy day. In the seventh year, we will forgo the produce of the soil and the exaction of all debts.

32. We also lay upon ourselves the obligation to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:

33. We recognise the following obligations: to give one-third of a shekel yearly for the service of the Temple of our God:

33. for the showbread, the continual cereal offering, the continual 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.

34. for the loaves of permanent offering, for the perpetual oblation, for the perpetual burnt offering, for the sacrifices on Sabbaths, on New Moons and on festivals, for the consecrated gifts, the sin offerings to expiate for Israel, in short, for the whole work of the Temple of our God;

34. We have likewise cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, 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 upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law.

35. Furthermore, as regards deliveries of wood for burning on the altar of our God as the law prescribes, we have arranged, by drawing lots, how these deliveries are to be made at the Temple of our God by the priests, the Levites and the people by families, at stated times every year.

35. We obligate ourselves to bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of the LORD;

36. and further, to bring yearly to the Temple of our God the first-fruits of our soil and the first-fruits of all our orchards,

36. also to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God, the first-born of our sons and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks;

37. also the first-born of our sons and of our cattle, as the law prescribes, the first-born of our herds and flocks should be taken to the Temple of our God for the priests officiating in the Temple of our God.

37. and to bring the first of our coarse meal, 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 rural towns.

38. Furthermore, we shall bring the best of our dough, of every kind of fruit, of the new wine and of the oil to the priests, to the storerooms of the Temple of our God, and the tithe on our soil to the Levites -- the Levites will themselves collect the tithes from all the towns of our religion.

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, to the storehouse.

39. An Aaronite priest will accompany the Levites when they collect the tithes, and the Levites will bring a tenth part

39. For the people of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of grain, wine, and oil to the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the gatekeepers and the singers. We will not neglect the house of our God.

40. a,b of the tithes to the Temple of our God, into the treasury storerooms; for these rooms are where the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of corn, wine and oil, and where the vessels of the sanctuary are, and the officiating priests, the gatekeepers and the singers.

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