Revised Version 1895

Nehemiah 10

1NowthoseH3605thatsealedH2856were, Nehemiah the Tirshatha, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah;

2Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah;

3Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah;

4Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch;

5Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah;

6Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch;

7Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin;

8Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.

9And the Levites: namely, Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;

10and their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan;

11Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah;

12Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah;

13Hodiah, Bani, Beninu.

14The chiefs of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu,BaniH1137;

15Bunni, Azgad, Bebai;

16Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin;

17Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur;

18Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai;

19Hariph, Anathoth, Nobai;

20Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir;

21Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua;

22Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah;

23Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub;

24Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek;

25Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah;

26and Ahiah, Hanan, Anan;

27Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

28And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all they that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one that had knowledge and understanding;

29They clave to their brethren, their nobles, andenteredH413intoH413a curse, andintoH413an oath, to walk inGod’sH430lawH8451,whichנְשֵׁיהֶ֖םne.shei.HemH802was given by Moses the servant ofGodH430, and toobserveיוֹדֵ֥עַyo.De.a'H3045and todoH3605allH3605the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

30and thatweH834would notgiveH5414our daughters unto the peoples of the land, nortakeמַחֲזִיקִ֣יםma.cha.zi.KimH2388their daughters for our sons:

31andifH834thepeoplesH5971of thelandH776bringנִקַּ֖חni.KachH3947ware oranyH5414victuals on the sabbath day tosellH5414, thatweH834wouldnotH3808buyנִקַּ֥חni.KachH3947of them on the sabbath, or on a holy day: and thatweH834would forgo the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

32Alsoweבְּי֤וֹםbe.YomH3117madeH3605ordinances forusהַֽמְבִיאִים֩ham.vi.'ImH935, tochargeH3027ourselvesyearlyוּבְי֣וֹםu.ve.YomH3117with the thirdpartH3027of a shekel for theserviceH3027of the house of ourGodלֹא־lo'-H3808;

33for the shewbread, and for the continual meal offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for thesetH5414feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings tomakeH5414atonement for Israel, and for all theworkלַעֲבֹדַ֖תla.'a.vo.DatH5656of thehouseH1004of ourGodH430.

34Andweוְכֹ֖לve.KholH3605cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring itintoעַל־'al-H5921thehouseH1004of ourGodH430,accordingעַל־'al-H5921to our fathers’housesH1004, attimesH4150appointedלַמּוֹעֲדִ֗יםla.mo.'a.DimH4150, year by year, to burnuponעַל־'al-H5921the altar of the LORD ourGodH430, as it is written in the law:

35and tobringH935the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of allfruitהָעֵצִ֗יםha.'e.TzimH6086of all manner oftreesעֵ֖ץ'etzH6086,yearH8141byyearH8141, unto thehouseH1004of theLORDH3068:

36also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, tobringH935to thehouseH1004of ourGodH3068, unto the priests that minister in thehouseH1004of ourGodH3068:

37and that we shouldbringH935the firstfruits of our dough, and our heave offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, the wine and the oil, unto thepriestsH3548, to the chambers of thehouseH1004of ourGodH430; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites; for they, the Levites,takeH935the tithes in all thecitiesH935of our tillage.

38And thepriestH3548the son of Aaron shall be with theLevitesH3881, when theLevitesH3881takeH935tithesמַעֲשַׂ֤רma.'a.SarH4643: and theLevitesH3881shallbringנָבִ֤יאna.Vi'H935upH935thetitheהַֽמַּעֲשֵׂר֙ha.ma.'a.SerH4643of thetithesוּמַעְשַׂ֥רu.ma'.SarH4643unto thehouseH1004of ourGodH430, to thechambersH3957,intoH413the treasurehouseH1004.

39For thechildrenH1121of Israel and thechildrenH1121ofLeviH3881shallbringיַעֲל֨וּya.'a.LuH5927the heave offering of the corn, of the wine, and of the oil, unto thechambersH3957,whereH413are the vessels of thesanctuaryH1004, and thepriestsH3548that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we willnotוְהָיָ֨הve.ha.YahH1961forsake thehouseH1004of ourGodH430.

Commentaries on Nehemiah 10

Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain