Nehemiah 10
1 Because of all this, we are making a firm agreement and putting it in writing. Our officials, Levites, and priests are signing the sealed document.
2 Those who signed were Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah.
3 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah.
4 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah.
5 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch.
6 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah.
7 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch.
8 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin.
9 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah. These were the priests.
10 The Levites were Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui, one of the descendants of Henadad, and Kadmiel.
11 Their fellow Levites were Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan.
12 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah.
13 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah.
14 Hodiah, Bani, Beninu.
15 The leaders of the people were Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani.
16 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai.
17 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin.
18 Ater, Hezekiah, Azur.
19 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai.
20 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai.
21 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir.
22 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua.
23 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah.
24 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub.
25 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek.
26 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah.
27 Ahiah, Hanan, Anan.
28 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
29 The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to follow the Law of God, together with their wives, sons, and daughters, all who had knowledge and understanding—
30 joined their fellow Israelites, their leaders, and entered into a curse and an oath to follow the Law of God, given through Moses, the servant of God, and to keep and obey all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, his regulations, and his decrees.
31 We will not give our daughters in marriage to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons.
32 If the peoples of the land bring goods or any grain to sell on the Sabbath, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on a holy day. We will let the seventh year lie fallow and cancel every debt.
33 We also laid on ourselves the obligation to give a third of a shekel each year for the service of the house of our God:
34 for the rows of bread, the regular grain offering, and the regular burnt offering; for the Sabbaths, new moons, and festivals; for the sacred offerings and sin offerings to make atonement for Israel; and for all the work of the house of our God.
35 We—the priests, Levites, and people—cast lots to decide who would bring wood to the house of our God, according to our ancestral families, at appointed times each year, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as written in the Law.
36 We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and the firstfruits of every tree's fruit, year after year, to the house of the LORD.
37 We will bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as written in the Law, and the firstborn of our cattle and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who serve there.
38 We will bring the first of our dough, our contributions, the fruit of every tree, new wine, and oil to the priests, in the storerooms of the house of our God. We will bring the tithe of our land to the Levites, who collect the tithes in all the towns where we work.
39 A priest, a descendant of Aaron, will be with the Levites when they collect the tithe, and the Levites will bring a tenth of the tithe to the house of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury.
40 The Israelites and the descendants of Levi will bring the grain, new wine, and oil contributions to these storerooms. The sacred vessels, the priests who serve, the gatekeepers, and the singers are there. We will not abandon the house of our God.
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