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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/10.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/nehemiah/10.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220We 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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/nehemiah/10.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/nehemiah/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/nehemiah/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/nehemiah/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/nehemiah/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />We also imposed on ourselves the obligation to contribute yearly a third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/nehemiah/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />We also placed ourselves under obligation to contribute yearly one third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/nehemiah/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />We also placed ourselves under obligation to contribute yearly one third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/nehemiah/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />We also set ourselves under <i>the</i> commandments to give yearly one-third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/nehemiah/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Also we pledge ourselves to contribute yearly one third of a shekel for the service [expenses] of the house of our God:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/nehemiah/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />We will impose the following commands on ourselves: To give an eighth of an ounce of silver yearly for the service of the house of our God:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/nehemiah/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />We will impose the following commands on ourselves: To give an eighth of an ounce of silver yearly for the service of the house of our God:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/nehemiah/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/nehemiah/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Once a year we will each donate a small amount of silver to the temple of our God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/nehemiah/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/nehemiah/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Also, we take upon ourselves the obligation to give an eighth of an ounce of silver every year for worship in our God's temple:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/nehemiah/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Every year we will each contribute one-eighth of an ounce of silver to help pay the expenses of the Temple. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/nehemiah/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />We also obligated ourselves to contribute annually a third of a shekel for services relating to the Temple of our God— <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/nehemiah/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/nehemiah/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />We accept responsibility for fulfilling the commands to give one third of a shekel each year for the work of the temple of our God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/nehemiah/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Also we made ordinances for ourselves, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/nehemiah/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/nehemiah/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Also we made ordinances for ourselves, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God: <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/nehemiah/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And we have appointed for ourselves commands, to put on ourselves the third of a shekel in a year, for the service of the house of our God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/nehemiah/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And we have appointed for ourselves commands, to put on ourselves the third of a shekel in a year, for the service of the house of our God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/nehemiah/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And we set up commands for us to give for us the third of the shekel in the year for the service of the house of our God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/nehemiah/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And we made ordinances for ourselves, to give the third part of a side every year for the work of the house of our God, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/nehemiah/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And we established precepts over ourselves, so that we would give one third part of a shekel each year for the work of the house of our God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/nehemiah/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />We impose these commandments on ourselves: to give a third of a shekel each year for the service of the house of our God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/nehemiah/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />We also lay on ourselves the obligation to charge ourselves yearly one-third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/nehemiah/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />We also confirmed upon ourselves the ordinances, to give the third part of a shekel on the sabbath for the work of the house of our God;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/nehemiah/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And we confirmed the commandments upon ourselves, that we would be giving a third of a stater on the Sabbath for the service of the house of our God<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/nehemiah/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/nehemiah/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And we will impose ordinances upon ourselves, to levy on ourselves the third part of a didrachm yearly for the service of the house of our God;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/nehemiah/10-32.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZsQrw7rBvgc?start=2953" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/10.htm">The Vows of the Covenant</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">31</span>When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow, and will cancel every debt. <span class="reftext">32</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: wə·he·‘ĕ·maḏ·nū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cp) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">We also place</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lê·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">ourselves</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lê·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">under</a> <a href="/hebrew/4687.htm" title="4687: miṣ·wōṯ (N-fpc) -- Commandment. From tsavah; a command, whether human or divine.">the obligation</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: lā·ṯêṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">to contribute</a> <a href="/hebrew/7992.htm" title="7992: šə·li·šîṯ (Number-ofsc) -- Ordinal from shalowsh; third; feminine a third; by extension, a third; specifically, a third-story cell).">a third</a> <a href="/hebrew/8255.htm" title="8255: haš·še·qel (Art:: N-ms) -- (a measure of weight) shekel. From shaqal; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard.">of a shekel</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: baš·šā·nāh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">yearly</a> <a href="/hebrew/5656.htm" title="5656: la·‘ă·ḇō·ḏaṯ (Prep-l:: N-fsc) -- Labor, service. Or mabowdah; from abad; work of any kind.">for the service</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">of the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·nū (N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of our God:</a> </span><span class="reftext">33</span>for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/30-13.htm">Exodus 30:13-16</a></span><br />Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD. / Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD. / In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-6.htm">2 Chronicles 24:6-9</a></span><br />So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?” / For the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the house of God and had even used the sacred objects of the house of the LORD for the Baals. / At the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the house of the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/27-30.htm">Leviticus 27:30-33</a></span><br />Thus any tithe from the land, whether from the seed of the land or the fruit of the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD. / If a man wishes to redeem part of his tithe, he must add a fifth to its value. / Every tenth animal from the herd or flock that passes under the shepherd’s rod will be holy to the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/18-21.htm">Numbers 18:21-24</a></span><br />Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting. / No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die. / The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-22.htm">Deuteronomy 14:22-29</a></span><br />You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields. / And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always. / But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/12-4.htm">2 Kings 12:4-5</a></span><br />Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD. / Let every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-5.htm">2 Chronicles 31:5-6</a></span><br />As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything. / And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-8.htm">Malachi 3:8-10</a></span><br />Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings. / You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me. / Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/17-24.htm">Matthew 17:24-27</a></span><br />After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?” / “Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?” / “From others,” Peter answered. “Then the sons are exempt,” Jesus said to him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/12-41.htm">Mark 12:41-44</a></span><br />As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts. / Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius. / Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-1.htm">Luke 21:1-4</a></span><br />Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, / and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. / “Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/4-34.htm">Acts 4:34-37</a></span><br />There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales, / and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need. / Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement), ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/11-29.htm">Acts 11:29-30</a></span><br />So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea. / This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/15-25.htm">Romans 15:25-27</a></span><br />Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there. / For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. / They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/16-1.htm">1 Corinthians 16:1-2</a></span><br />Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia: / On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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;</p><p class="hdg">to charge.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/28-22.htm">Genesis 28:22</a></b></br> And this stone, which I have set <i>for</i> a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/3-9.htm">Proverbs 3:9</a></b></br> Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:</p><p class="hdg">the third part.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/30-11.htm">Exodus 30:11-16</a></b></br> And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/17-24.htm">Matthew 17:24-27</a></b></br> And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute <i>money</i> came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/8-12.htm">2 Corinthians 8:12</a></b></br> For if there be first a willing mind, <i>it is</i> accepted according to that a man hath, <i>and</i> not according to that he hath not.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/nehemiah/9-17.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-6.htm">Assume</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-3.htm">Carrying</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-2.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-16.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-7.htm">Contribute</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-16.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezra/8-31.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/ezra/4-14.htm">Obligation</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-29.htm">Ordinances</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-16.htm">Ourselves</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-22.htm">Part</a> <a href="/nehemiah/3-13.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/ezra/10-4.htm">Responsibility</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-14.htm">Rules</a> <a href="/nehemiah/3-5.htm">Service</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-9.htm">Shekel</a> <a href="/acts/5-37.htm">Taxing</a> <a href="/ezra/6-15.htm">Third</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/9-13.htm">Yearly</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/nehemiah/10-33.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-35.htm">Assume</a> <a href="/psalms/78-9.htm">Carrying</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-16.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-45.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/romans/12-13.htm">Contribute</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-33.htm">House</a> <a href="/esther/2-21.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/romans/1-14.htm">Obligation</a> <a href="/job/38-33.htm">Ordinances</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-35.htm">Ourselves</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-12.htm">Part</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-4.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-35.htm">Responsibility</a> <a href="/esther/9-31.htm">Rules</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-22.htm">Service</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-12.htm">Shekel</a> <a href="/luke/2-2.htm">Taxing</a> <a href="/esther/1-3.htm">Third</a> <a href="/esther/9-21.htm">Yearly</a><div class="vheading2">Nehemiah 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/nehemiah/10-1.htm">The names of those who sealed the covenant.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/nehemiah/10-29.htm">The points of the covenant.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/nehemiah/10.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/nehemiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/nehemiah/10.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>We also place ourselves under the obligation</b><br>This phrase indicates a voluntary commitment by the people, reflecting a covenant renewal. In the context of Nehemiah, the Israelites are reestablishing their identity and religious practices after returning from Babylonian exile. This commitment is reminiscent of the covenantal obligations found in the Mosaic Law, where the Israelites were bound to follow God's commandments (<a href="/exodus/24-3.htm">Exodus 24:3-8</a>). It underscores the seriousness with which they approached their relationship with God, emphasizing accountability and communal responsibility.<p><b>to contribute a third of a shekel yearly</b><br>The contribution of a third of a shekel was a specific financial obligation for the maintenance of the temple services. Historically, this amount was significant, reflecting the economic conditions of the post-exilic community. The shekel was a standard unit of weight and currency in ancient Israel, and this particular contribution was likely adjusted from the original half-shekel tax mentioned in <a href="/exodus/30-13.htm">Exodus 30:13-16</a> due to economic constraints. This adjustment shows the flexibility within the community to adapt ancient laws to contemporary circumstances while maintaining the spirit of the law.<p><b>for the service of the house of our God</b><br>The phrase highlights the purpose of the contribution: to support the temple's operations. The "house of our God" refers to the Second Temple, rebuilt under the leadership of Zerubbabel and later enhanced by Nehemiah's efforts. The temple was central to Jewish worship and identity, serving as the place where sacrifices were offered, and festivals were celebrated. This service included providing for the daily offerings, the maintenance of the temple, and the support of the priests and Levites. The temple's function as a place of atonement and worship points to the ultimate fulfillment in Jesus Christ, who is seen as the true temple (<a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19-21</a>) and the ultimate high priest (<a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">Hebrews 4:14-16</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/n/nehemiah.htm">Nehemiah</a></b><br>A Jewish leader who played a crucial role in the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls and the spiritual renewal of the Jewish people after the Babylonian exile.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The community of Jewish people who returned from exile and were recommitting themselves to the covenant with God, including financial support for temple services.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_our_god.htm">The House of Our God</a></b><br>Refers to the temple in Jerusalem, which was central to Jewish worship and community life.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_covenant_renewal.htm">The Covenant Renewal</a></b><br>The event where the Israelites, under Nehemiah's leadership, renewed their commitment to follow God's laws, including financial obligations for temple services.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_third_of_a_shekel.htm">The Third of a Shekel</a></b><br>A specific financial obligation that the Israelites agreed to contribute annually for the maintenance and service of the temple.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/commitment_to_god's_work.htm">Commitment to God's Work</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites took responsibility for the temple's needs, Christians today are called to support their local church and its ministries through regular giving.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The collective commitment of the Israelites serves as a model for how the church community should work together to meet the needs of the congregation and its mission.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithful_stewardship.htm">Faithful Stewardship</a></b><br>The principle of giving a portion of one's resources to God's work is a timeless practice that reflects trust in God's provision and prioritization of spiritual over material wealth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_renewal.htm">Covenant Renewal</a></b><br>Regularly renewing our commitment to God, including financial commitments, helps keep our focus on His purposes and aligns our lives with His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/joyful_giving.htm">Joyful Giving</a></b><br>Understanding the purpose and impact of our contributions can transform giving from a duty to a joyful act of worship.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_nehemiah_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Nehemiah 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/non-biblical_sources_on_neh._10_32-39.htm">Are there non-biblical historical or archaeological sources that verify or challenge the covenant details in Nehemiah 10:32–39? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_purpose_of_the_temple_tax.htm">What is the purpose of the Temple Tax?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_the_bread_table_unrecorded_later.htm">Exodus 25:23 – Why do later biblical accounts give no clear record of the table for the Bread of the Presence, suggesting a potential inconsistency or loss in Israel’s history?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_levites_in_2_chr_23_8.htm">What evidence supports the existence of the Levites and captains mentioned in 2 Chronicles 23:8, and how do we reconcile any lack of external records?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/nehemiah/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(32) <span class= "bld">Also we made ordinances for us.</span>--The covenant proceeds now to certain new regulations and resumption of neglected duties.<p><span class= "bld">To charge ourselves.</span>--Origin of that annual rate for the general service of the Temple which afterwards was raised to a half shekel (<a href="/matthew/17-24.htm" title="And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Does not your master pay tribute?">Matthew 17:24</a>). The more ancient half shekel of the law was only an occasional tax (<a href="/exodus/30-13.htm" title="This they shall give, every one that passes among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.">Exodus 30:13</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/nehemiah/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 32.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">To charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel</span>. Hitherto the Jews had had no impost analogous to our "church-rate." The "half-shekel of the sanctuary," as it is called, being only payable on the rare, and forbidden, occasion of a census of the whole people (<a href="/exodus/30-13.htm">Exodus 30:13-16</a>), could not possibly have served for the ordinary support of the temple service; but it was calculated to suggest to thoughtful minds the need of some regular fund, and the persons on whom the obligation lay to provide it. While the Jews were an independent nation, with their own kings and their own revenue, no difficulty had been felt in keeping up the service, since the kings easily provided for it; but in the existing condition of affairs the case was different. A "governor" was not like a king; he was responsible; he was removable; he was bound to remit the great bulk of the taxes to the court. Under these circumstances, and probably in connection with an immediate need, the idea arose of a special (voluntary) tax, to be paid annually by all adult males, for the support of the service, the continual provision of the morning and evening sacrifice, the incense, the shew-bread, the red heifers, the scape-goat, the numerous victims, and the numerous meat and drink offerings required on various occasions, and especially at each of the great festivals. It was felt that the provision in the law ruled two things - <p><span class="Text_Heading">1.</span> The uniformity of the tax; and, <p><span class="Text_Heading">2.</span> The sphere of its incidence - that it should be paid by <span class="accented">all</span> adult males. <p>With regard to its proper amount, <span class="accented">that</span> had to be fixed by a consideration of existing needs in comparison with existing means. The third part of a shekel was determined on, as sufficient at the time; but it was not long ere for the third part the half-shekel was substituted, a return being thus made to the standard fixed by the law, and an ample provision made for the maintenance of the established rites in full completeness and efficiency (comp. <a href="/matthew/17-24.htm">Matthew 17:24-27</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/nehemiah/10-32.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">We also place</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהֶעֱמַ֤דְנוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·he·‘ĕ·maḏ·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stand, in various relations</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ourselves</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלֵ֛ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">under</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the obligation</span><br /><span class="heb">מִצְוֺ֔ת</span> <span class="translit">(miṣ·wōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> </span><span class="str2">Commandment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to contribute</span><br /><span class="heb">לָתֵ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ṯêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a third</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁלִשִׁ֥ית</span> <span class="translit">(šə·li·šîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - ordinal feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7992.htm">Strong's 7992: </a> </span><span class="str2">Third, feminine a, third, a third, a third-story cell)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of a shekel</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשֶּׁ֖קֶל</span> <span class="translit">(haš·še·qel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8255.htm">Strong's 8255: </a> </span><span class="str2">A weight, a commercial standard</span><br /><br /><span class="word">yearly</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּשָּׁנָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(baš·šā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for the service</span><br /><span class="heb">לַעֲבֹדַ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(la·‘ă·ḇō·ḏaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5656.htm">Strong's 5656: </a> </span><span class="str2">Work of any kind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the house</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֥ית</span> <span class="translit">(bêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of our God:</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/nehemiah/10-32.htm">Nehemiah 10:32 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/nehemiah/10-32.htm">Nehemiah 10:32 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/nehemiah/10-32.htm">Nehemiah 10:32 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/nehemiah/10-32.htm">Nehemiah 10:32 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/nehemiah/10-32.htm">Nehemiah 10:32 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/nehemiah/10-32.htm">Nehemiah 10:32 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/nehemiah/10-32.htm">Nehemiah 10:32 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/nehemiah/10-32.htm">Nehemiah 10:32 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/nehemiah/10-32.htm">Nehemiah 10:32 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/nehemiah/10-32.htm">Nehemiah 10:32 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/nehemiah/10-32.htm">OT History: Nehemiah 10:32 Also we made ordinances for us (Neh Ne) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/nehemiah/10-31.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nehemiah 10:31"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 10:31" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/nehemiah/10-33.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Nehemiah 10:33"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 10:33" /></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><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>