English Standard Version
Nehemiah 10:32
32"We also take on ourselves the obligation to give yearly a third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:
Nehemiah 10:32 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
- New International Version (NIV)“We assume the responsibility for carrying out the commands to give a third of a shekel each year for the service of the house of our God:
- New King James Version (NKJV)Also we made ordinances for ourselves, to exact from ourselves yearly one-third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:
- New Living Translation (NLT)“In addition, we promise to obey the command to pay the annual Temple tax of one-eighth of an ounce of silver for the care of the Temple of our God.
Context of Nehemiah 10:32
30We will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons. 31And if the peoples of the land bring in goods 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. "We also take on ourselves the obligation to give yearly a third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God: 33for the showbread, the regular grain offering, the regular 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. 34We, the priests, the Levites, and the people, have likewise cast lots 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 on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the Law.
Read all of Nehemiah 10Nehemiah 10:32 word by word
וְהֶעֱמַ֤דְנוּ עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ מִצְוֹ֔ת לָתֵ֥ת עָלֵ֛ינוּ שְׁלִשִׁ֥ית הַשֶּׁ֖קֶל בַּשָּׁנָ֑ה לַעֲבֹדַ֖ת בֵּ֥ית אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Also we madeעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: appointH5975
- ordinancesמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
- for us, to chargeנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- ourselves yearlyשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
- with the third partשְׁלִישִׁיshelîyshîy · thirdH7992
- of a shekelשֶׁ֫קֶלsheqel · shekelH8255
- for the serviceעֲבֹדָה‛ăbôdâh ‛ăbôdâh · service: ministryH5656
- of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
- of our Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
Cross-references for Nehemiah 10:32
- Genesis 28:22and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house. And of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you."
- Proverbs 3:9Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce;
- Exodus 30:11The Lord said to Moses,
- Matthew 17:24When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, "Does your teacher not pay the tax?"
- 2 Corinthians 8:12For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.
Commentaries on Nehemiah 10:32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32Charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel - According to the law, every one above twenty years of age was to give half a shekel to the sanctuary, which was called a ransom for their souls. See Exodus 30:11-16. But why is one third of a shekel now promised instead of the half shekel, which the law required? To this question no better answer can be given than this: the general poverty of the people, occasioned by their wars, overthrows, heavy…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32The third part of a sheckel - This appears to have been the first occasion on which an annual payment toward the maintenance of the temple service and fabric was established. The half-shekel of the Law Exodus 30:13 was paid only at the time of a census (which rarely took place), and was thus not a recurring tax. In later times, the annual payment was raised from the third of a shekel to half a shekel Matthew 17:24.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 32-39Verses 32-39 Having covenanted against the sins of which they had been guilty, they obliged themselves to observe the duties they had neglected. We must not only cease to do evil, but learn to do well. Let not any people expect the blessing of God, unless they keep up public worship. It is likely to go well with our houses, when care is taken that the work of God's house goes on well. When every one helps, and every one gives, though but little, toward a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30-39The community had broadly committed to following the law of Moses. However, they focused on specific issues. These issues involved keeping the community pure and ensuring proper worship at the temple.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 29-3929-37. to observe and do all the commandments, &c.--This national covenant, besides containing a solemn pledge of obedience to the divine law generally, specified their engagement to some particular duties, which the character and exigency of the times stamped with great urgency and importance, and which may be summed up under the following heads: that they abstain from contracting matrimonial alliances with the heathen; that they would rigidly observe…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Nehemiah 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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