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    Nehemiah · 39 verses

    Nehemiah 10

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    The altar firewood is assigned by lottery, family by family, once a year; the chapter is gloriously precise about the duty and gloriously silent about how the lots were drawn.

    The names beneath the documentvv. 1–27

    Nehemiah stands first as governor and son of Hacaliah, followed by Zedekiah and a long procession of priests. Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, Meremoth, Obadiah, Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, Maaziah, and Bilgai appear among them, with Shemaiah bringing the priestly list to its close. Jeshua and the Levites follow, and then the leaders of the people, among them Bani and Rehum. It is a document with very little scenery but an impressive amount of company.

    The oath and the household arrangementsvv. 28–39

    Then the rest of the community joins the signatories: priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, families, and children able to understand. The promises range widely. There will be no buying on the Sabbath, the seventh year will leave the fields alone and debts will be cancelled, and each year a third of a shekel will be given for the house of God. Wood for the altar will arrive by an annual family lottery; firstfruits, firstborn, tithes, grain, wine, and oil will fill the storerooms. An Aaronite priest will accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, an arrangement sufficiently careful to have its own escort. The final pledge is that the house of God will not be neglected.

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    1. Neh 10:1Now these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah,

    2. Neh 10:2Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

    3. Neh 10:3Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,

    4. Neh 10:4Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

    5. Neh 10:5Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

    6. Neh 10:6Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

    7. Neh 10:7Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

    8. Neh 10:8Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.

    9. Neh 10:9The Levites: Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,

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

    11. Neh 10:11Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,

    12. Neh 10:12Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

    13. Neh 10:13Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.

    14. Neh 10:14And the leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

    15. Neh 10:15Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

    16. Neh 10:16Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,

    17. Neh 10:17Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,

    18. Neh 10:18Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,

    19. Neh 10:19Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

    20. Neh 10:20Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

    21. Neh 10:21Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,

    22. Neh 10:22Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

    23. Neh 10:23Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,

    24. Neh 10:24Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,

    25. Neh 10:25Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

    26. Neh 10:26Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,

    27. Neh 10:27Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.

    28. Neh 10:28“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,

    29. Neh 10:29hereby 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 obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.

    30. Neh 10:30We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.

    31. Neh 10:31When 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.

    32. Neh 10:32We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:

    33. Neh 10:33for 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.

    34. Neh 10:34We 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.

    35. Neh 10:35We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year.

    36. Neh 10:36And 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.

    37. Neh 10:37Moreover, 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.

    38. Neh 10:38A 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.

    39. Neh 10:39For 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.”

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    02 — Read alongside

    Where this is echoed

    Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 201 passages were voted onto 29 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.

    • 30Deuteronomy 7:3Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
    • 30Exodus 34:16And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.
    • 31Leviticus 23:3For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.
    • 31Nehemiah 13:15–22In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.
    • 36Exodus 13:2“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”
    • 28Nehemiah 9:2Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
    • 29Ezekiel 36:27And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
    • 31Exodus 23:10–11For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,
    • 34Nehemiah 13:31I also arranged for contributions of wood at the appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, with favor.
    • 35Deuteronomy 26:2you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,
    • 38Nehemiah 13:12–13and all Judah brought a tenth of the grain, new wine, and oil into the storerooms.
    • 29Psalms 119:106I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
    • 30Ezra 9:1–3After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
    • 332 Chronicles 2:4Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening as well as on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is ordained for Israel forever.
    • 35Exodus 23:19Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
    • 37Leviticus 23:17Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD.

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