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The following also signed:</span></p><p class="s3"><span class="v16_10_2"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.10.2-Neh.10.8" class="v16_10_2">2-8</span>Priests:</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_2">Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_2">Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_2">Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_2">Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_2">Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_2">Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_2">Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah.</span></p><p class="s3"><span class="v16_10_9"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.10.9-Neh.10.13" class="v16_10_9">9-13</span>Levites:</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_9">Jeshua son of Azaniah,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_9">Binnui of the clan of Henadad,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_9">Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Hodiah,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_9">Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_9">Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_9">Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_9">Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.</span></p><p class="s3"><span class="v16_10_14"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.10.14-Neh.10.27" class="v16_10_14">14-27</span>Leaders of the people:</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_14">Parosh, Pahath Moab,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_14">Elam, Zattu, Bani,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_14">Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_14">Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_14">Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_14">Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_14">Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_14">Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_14">Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_14">Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_14">Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_14">Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_14">Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_14">Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v16_10_14">Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Agreement</h3><p class="par"><span class="v16_10_28"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.10.28" class="v16_10_28">28</span>We, the people of Israel, the priests, the Levites, the Temple guards, the Temple musicians, the Temple workers, and all others who in obedience to God's Law have separated themselves from the foreigners living in our land, we, together with our wives and all our children old enough to understand, </span><span class="v16_10_29"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.10.29" class="v16_10_29">29</span>do hereby join with our leaders in an oath, under penalty of a curse if we break it, that we will live according to God's Law, which God gave through his servant Moses; that we will obey all that the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, our Lord, commands us; and that we will keep all his laws and requirements.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_10_30"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.10.30" class="v16_10_30">30</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Neh.10.30!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> We will not intermarry with the foreigners living in our land.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_10_31"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.10.31" class="v16_10_31">31</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Neh.10.31!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> If foreigners bring grain or anything else to sell to us on the Sabbath or on any other holy day, we will not buy from them.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_10_31">Every seventh year we will not farm the land, and we will cancel all debts.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_10_32"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.10.32" class="v16_10_32">32</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Neh.10.32!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Every year we will each contribute one-eighth of an ounce of silver to help pay the expenses of the Temple.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_10_33"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.10.33" class="v16_10_33">33</span>We will provide for the Temple worship the following: the sacred bread, the daily grain offering, the animals to be burned each day as sacrifices, the sacred offerings for Sabbaths, New Moon Festivals, and other festivals, the other sacred offerings, the offerings to take away the sins of Israel, and anything else needed for the Temple.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_10_34"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.10.34" class="v16_10_34">34</span>We, the people, priests, and Levites, will draw lots each year to determine which clans are to provide wood to burn the sacrifices offered to the <span class="nd">Lord</span> our God, according to the requirements of the Law.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_10_35"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.10.35" class="v16_10_35">35</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Neh.10.35!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> We will take to the Temple each year an offering of the first grain we harvest and of the first fruit that ripens on our trees.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_10_36"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.10.36" class="v16_10_36">36</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Neh.10.36!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The first son born to each of us we will take to the priests in the Temple and there, as required by the Law, dedicate him to God. We will also dedicate the first calf born to each of our cows, and the first lamb or kid born to each of our sheep or goats.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_10_37"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.10.37" class="v16_10_37">37</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Neh.10.37!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> We will take to the priests in the Temple the dough made from the first grain harvested each year and our other offerings of wine, olive oil, and all kinds of fruit.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_10_37">We will take to the Levites, who collect tithes in our farming villages, the tithes from the crops that grow on our land. </span><span class="v16_10_38"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.10.38" class="v16_10_38">38</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Neh.10.38!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Priests who are descended from Aaron are to be with the Levites when tithes are collected, and for use in the Temple the Levites are to take to the Temple storerooms one-tenth of all the tithes they collect. </span><span class="v16_10_39"><span class="reftext" id="Neh.10.39" class="v16_10_39">39</span>The people of Israel and the Levites are to take the contributions of grain, wine, and olive oil to the storerooms where the utensils for the Temple are kept and where the priests who are on duty, the Temple guards, and the members of the Temple choir have their quarters.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v16_10_39">We will not neglect the house of our God.</span></p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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