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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../nehemiah/9.htm" title="Nehemiah 9">◄</a> Nehemiah 10 <a href="../nehemiah/11.htm" title="Nehemiah 11">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/nehemiah/10.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Signatories to the Agreement</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:1 This v. is 10:2 in MT, and so throughout the chapter">a</a></span> Here is a list of those who signed: Hacaliah’s son Nehemiah the governor, Zedekiah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah—these are the priests.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>These were the descendants of Levi: Azaniah’s son Jeshua, Binnui from the descendants of Henadad, Kadmiel, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>also their relatives Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The leaders of the people included<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:14 The Heb. lacks included">b</a></span> Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Ahiah, Hanan, Anan, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.</p> <p class="heading">Commitments of the Covenant</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>The rest of the people, the priests, the descendants of Levi, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Temple Servants, and everyone who had separated themselves from the peoples of the surrounding<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:28 The Heb. lacks surrounding">c</a></span> lands for the Law of God—their wives, their sons, their daughters, and all who had knowledge and understanding— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>joined with their relatives and their leaders. They entered into an oath—enforced by a curse<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:29 Lit. into a curse and an oath">d</a></span> —to walk in God’s Law that was given through God’s servant Moses, and to be careful to obey all of the commands of the LORD, our Lord, as well as his regulations and statutes: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>“We will not give our daughters in marriage<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:30 The Heb. lacks in marriage">e</a></span> to the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>As for the people of the land who bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. We will forego planting crops, and we will cancel debts during every seventh year.”</p> <p class="heading">Commitments for Temple Service</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>We also obligated ourselves to contribute annually a third of a shekel<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:32 i.e. 0.13 ounces; a shekel weighed about 0.4 ounces">f</a></span> for services relating to the Temple of our God— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>for the bread set out on the table,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:33 The Heb. lacks on the table">g</a></span> for the daily grain offering, for the continual burnt offering, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moon festivals, for the appointed festivals, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the service of the Temple of our God.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>We—the priests, the descendants of Levi, and the people—cast lots to determine when to bring the wood offering into the Temple of our God, just as our ancestors’ families were appointed annually to maintain the altar fire of the LORD our God, as recorded in the Law. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>We also cast lots to determine when<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:35 The Heb. lacks We also cast lots to determine when">h</a></span> to bring the first fruits of our land and the annual first fruits of all fruit of every tree to the Temple of the LORD, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>as well as the firstborn of our sons and our cattle, as recorded in the Law, along with the firstlings of our herds and our flocks, to present to the Temple of our God for the priests that minister in the Temple of our God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>We also determined<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:37 The Heb. lacks determined">i</a></span> to present the first fruits of our ground grain, our offerings, the fruit of all kinds of trees, wines, and oil to the priests, to the chambers of the Temple of our God, and the tithes of our land to the descendants of Levi, so those descendants of Levi could collect the tithes in all the towns where we worked: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>“And the priest, the descendant of Aaron, will be with the descendants of Levi when the descendants of Levi receive tithes, and the descendants of Levi will bring the tithe of the tithes into the store rooms of the Temple of our God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nehemiah/10-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>For the Israelis and the descendants of Levi will bring the grain offering, the wine, and the oil into the chambers where the vessels of the sanctuary are, along with the ministering priests, the porters, and the singers. We will not neglect the Temple of our God.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 10:1 This v. is 10:2 in MT, and so throughout the chapter<br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 10:14 The Heb. lacks <i>included</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 10:28 The Heb. lacks <i>surrounding</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 10:29 Lit. <i>into a curse and an oath</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 10:30 The Heb. lacks <i>in marriage</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 10:32 i.e. 0.13 ounces; a shekel weighed about 0.4 ounces<br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 10:33 The Heb. lacks <i>on the table</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 10:35 The Heb. lacks <i>We also cast lots to determine when</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 10:37 The Heb. lacks <i>determined</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../nehemiah/9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nehemiah 9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../nehemiah/11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Nehemiah 11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/nehemiah/10-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>