Moff NEH Chapter 10

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10 Those who endorsed it were: Nehemiah the governor (the son of Hakaliah), Zedekiah, 2 Seraiah, Azarlah, Jeremiah, 3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah 9 --these were the priests; the Levites were: Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui belonging to the family of Henadad, and Kadmiel, 10 with their fellows, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 11 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah, 12 Zakkur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 13 Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu; 14 the chiefs of the people were: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, 15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, 18 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai, 19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, 20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua, 22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub, 24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, 25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, 26 Ahiah, Hanan, 27 Malluch, Harim, and Baanah. 28 And the rest of the people, priests, Levites, warders, singers, temple-attendants, and everyone who had separated from the natives for the law of God, along with their wives and sons and daughters, everyone old enough to understand, 29 they all adhered to their fellows, the chiefs swearing, under penalty of a curse, to follow the directions of God given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and fulfil all the commands of the Eternal our Lord, all his rules and regulations; 30 we swore that we would not marry our daughters to the natives of the land, nor marry their daughters to our sons, 31 and that, if the natives of the land brought any wares or food to be sold on the sabbath, w'e would not buy from them on the sabbath or on a sacred day; also, that we would forgo all claims for debt in the seventh year.

32 We also drew up rules for incurring yearly the payment of a shilling each towards the service of the house of our God, 33 for the bread of the Presence, for the regular cereal-offering and the regular burnt-offering, for the sabbaths, for the offerings at the new moons, for the fixed festivals, for sacred purposes, and for the sin-offerings that make expiation for Israel, as well as for all the work done upon the house of our God. 34 We drew lots, priests, Levites, and people, to arrange who should bring the wood for the offerings into the house of our God at fixed times, year by year, according to our fathers’ houses, the wood to be burnt on the altar of the Eternal our God, as prescribed in the law; 35 also about bringing the first-fruits of the land, the first-fruit of every tree, year by year, into the house of the Eternal, 36 and the first-born of our sons and of our cattle, as prescribed in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and flocks for the house of God, for the priests who serve in the house of our God; 37 also we arranged to bring the first-fruits of our groats and all our offerings, fruit, wine, and oil, to the chambers of the house of our God, for the use of the priests, and the tithe of our land for the Levites, since the Levites take the tithes in all the towns where we till. 38 The Aaronite priest is to be with the Levites when they take the tithes, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of their tithes to the chambers or treasury of the house of our God. 39 The laity and the Levites are to bring the offering of corn, wine, and oil to the chambers where the utensils of the sanctuary are stored for the ministering priests, the warders, and the singers. We will not neglect the house of our God.

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