Nehemiah 10

1 Now these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah,

And with those whose seal was affixed were, Nehemiah the Tirshatha the son of Chachalyah, and Zidkiyah.

2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

[Then] Serayah, 'Azaryah, Jeremiah,

3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,

Pashchui, Amaryah, Malkiyah,

4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

Chattush, Shebanyah, Malluch,

5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

Charim, Meremoth, 'Obadiah,

6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

Meshullam, Abiyah, Miyamin,

8 Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.

Ma'azyah, Bilgai, Shema'yah: these were the priests.

9 The Levites: Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,

And the Levites: Jeshua' the son of Azanyah, Binnui [[of]] the sons of Chenadad, Kadmiel;

10 and their associates: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

And their brethren, Shebanyah, Hodiyah, Kelita, Palayah, Chanan,

11 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,

Micha, Rechob, Chashabyah,

12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

Zaccur, Sherebyah, Shebanyah,

13 Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.

Hodiyah, Bani, Beninu.

14 And the leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

The chiefs of the people: Par'osh, Pachath-moab, 'Elam, Zatthu, Bani,

15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

Bunni, 'Azgad, Bebai,

16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,

Adoniyah, Bigvai, 'Adin,

17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,

Ater, Chizkiyah, 'Azzur,

18 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,

Hodiyah, Chashum, Bezai,

19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

Chariph, 'Anathoth, Nebai,

20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

Magpi'ash, Meshullam, Chezir,

21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,

Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua',

22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

Pelatyah, Chanan, 'Anayah,

23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,

Hoshea', Chanayah, Chasshub,

24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,

Hallochesh, Pilcha, Shobek,

25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

Rechum, Chashabnah, Ma'asseyah,

26 Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,

And Achiyah, Chanan, 'Anan,

27 Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.

Malluch, Charim, Ba'anah.

28 “The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gate-keepers, the singers, the temple-servants, and all those that had separated themselves from the nations of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding,

29 hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.

Held firmly with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which was given through means of Moses the servant of God, and to observe and to do all the commandments of the Eternal One, our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;

30 We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.

And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;

31 When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow, and will cancel every debt.

And that if the people of the land should bring wares or any provisions on the sabbath day to sell, we would not buy of them on the sabbath, or on [another] holy day; and that we would leave [the fields without reaping in] the seventh year, and [give up] every loan of hand.

32 We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:

And we established for us as one of the commandments to impose on ourselves [to give] the third part of a shekel in every year for the service of the house of our God;

33 for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.

For the shew-bread, and for the continual meat-offering, and for the continual burnt-offering, [for those of] the sabbaths, of the new-moons, for the appointed feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin-offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and [for] all the work of the house of our God.

34 We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.

And we, the priests, the Levites, and the people, cast lots concerning the procuring of the wood, to bring it into the house of our God, unto the house of our fathers, at fixed times, year by year, to burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law;

35 We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year.

And to bring the first-fruits of our ground, and the first-fruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the Lord;

36 And we will bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God.

And also the first-born of our sons, and for our [unclean] cattle, as it is written in the law, and to bring the first-born of our herds and of our flocks to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God;

37 Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.

And that we would bring the first portion of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and this of the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, to the priests, unto the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites; and that these same Levites should be the receivers of the tithes in all the cities of our land-tillage;

38 A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.

And that the priest the son of Aaron should be with the Levites, when the Levites receive the tithes; and that the Levites should bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure-house.

39 For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”

For into the chambers shall the children of Israel and the children of Levi bring the heave-offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, and there shall be the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the gatekeepers, and the singers: and that we will not forsake the house of our God.