Nehemiah 10

1 Now those that sealed¹ were,^{2 a}Nehemiah the^b Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,

2 Seraiah,^c Azariah, Jeremiah,

3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,

4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.³

9 And the ^dLevites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;

10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

11 Micha, Rehob, ^eHashabiah,

12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.

14 The chief of the people; ^fParosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,

15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,

17 Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,

18 Hodijah, ^gHashum, Bezai,

19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,

22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,

24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,

25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,

27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

28 ¶ And^h the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one ⁱhaving knowledge, and having understanding;⁴

29 They ^kclave⁵ to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by⁶ Moses the servant of God, and to ^lobserve and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

30 And that we would not give ^mour daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

31 Andⁿ if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath-day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy-day; and that we would leave the ^oseventh year, and the ^pexaction of every⁷ debt.⁸

32 Also we made ^qordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel[≈ 3.8 g · 0.13 oz] for the service of the house of our God;⁹

33 For the ^rshow-bread, and for the continual meat-offering, and for the continual burnt-offering, of the sabbaths, of the new-moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin-offerings, to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

34 And we ^scast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the ^twood-offering,¹ to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, ^uat times appointed, year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:

35 And ^xto bring the first-fruits of our ground, and the first-fruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:

36 Also the ^yfirst-born of our sons, and of our cattle, (as it is written in the law,) and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, ^zunto the priests that minister in the house of our God:

37 And ^athat we should bring the first-fruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, ^bto the chambers of the house of our God; and the ^ctithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, ^dwhen the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes² unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure-house.

39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi ^eshall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we ^fwill not forsake the house of our God.