Neemias 10

¹ Nowe they that sealed were Nehemiah the Tirshatha the sonne of Hachaliah, and Zidkiiah,

² Seraiah, Azariah, Ieremiah,

³ Pashur, Amariah, Malchiah,

⁴ Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

⁵ Harim, Merimoth, Obadiah,

⁶ Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

⁷ Meshullam, Abiiah, Miamin,

⁸ Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these [were]Who subscribed to keep the promise.the priests.

⁹ And the Leuites: Ieshua the sonne of Azaniah, Binnui, of the sonnes of Henadad, Kadmiel.

¹⁰ And their brethren Shebaniah, Hodiiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanun,

¹¹ Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,

¹² Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

¹³ Hodiah, Bani, Beninu.

¹⁴ The chiefe of the people were Parosh, Pahath Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

¹⁵ Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

¹⁶ Adoniah, Biguai, Adin,

¹⁷ Ater, Hizkiiah, Azzur,

¹⁸ Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,

¹⁹ Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

²⁰ Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

²¹ Meshezabeel, Zadok, Iaddua,

²² Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

²³ Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,

²⁴ Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,

²⁵ Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

²⁶ And Ahiiah, Hanan, Anan,

²⁷ Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

²⁸ And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, theRead (Ezr_2:43).Nethinims, and all they that hadWho being idolaters forsook their wickedness and gave themselves to serve God.separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;

²⁹ TheyThey made the oath in the name of the whole multitude.clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into aTo which they gave themselves if they broke the law, (Deu_28:15).curse, and into 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 judgments and his statutes;

³⁰ And that we would not giue our daughters to the people of the lande, neither take their daughters for our sonnes.

³¹ And [if] the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell,Which nonetheless they broke soon after, (Neh_13:15).[that] we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and [that] we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

³² And we made statutes for our selues to giue by the yeere the thirde part of a shekel for the seruice of the house of our God,

³³ For theThis states why they gave this third part of the shekel which was beyond the half shekel that they were required to pay, (Exo_30:13).shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set 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 cast also lottes for the offering of the wood, euen the Priestes, the Leuites and the people to bring it into the house of our God, by the house of our fathers, yeerely at the times appointed, to burne it vpon the altar of the Lorde our God, as it is written in the Lawe,

³⁵ And to bring the first fruites of our land, and the first of all the fruites of all trees, yeere by yeere, into the house of the Lorde,

³⁶ Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as [it is]This rehearsal shows that there was no part or ceremony in the Law, to which they did not bind themselves by covenant.written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:

³⁷ And [that] we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of ourWherever we laboured or worked, there the tithes were due to the Lord both by the law, and according to the oath and covenant that we made.tillage.

³⁸ And the Priest, the sonne of Aaron shall be with the Leuites, when ye Leuites take tithes, and the Leuites shall bring vp the tenth parte of the tithes vnto the house of our God, vnto the chambers of the treasure house.

³⁹ For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where [are] the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: andWe will not leave it destitute of that which is needed for it.we will not forsake the house of our God.