Nehemiah 10 — BST
10Verse 1And over them that sealed were Neemias the Artasastha, son of Achalia, and Zedekias,Verse 2the son of Araea, and Azaria, and Jeremia,Verse 3Phasur, Amaria, Melchia,Verse 4Attus, Sebani, Maluch,Verse 5Iram, Meramoth, Abdia,Verse 6Daniel, Gannathon, Baruch,Verse 7Mesulam, Abia, Miamin,Verse 8Maazia, Belgai, Samaia; these were priests.Verse 9And the Levites; Jesus the son of Azania, Banaiu of the sons of Enadad, CadmielVerse 10and his brethren, Sabania, Oduia, Calitan, Phelia, Anan,Verse 11Micha, Roob, Asebias,Verse 12Zacchor, Sarabia, Sebania,Verse 13Odum, the sons of Banuae.Verse 14The heads of the people; Phoros, Phaath Moab, Elam, Zathuia,Verse 15the sons of Bani, Asgad, Bebai,Verse 16Adania, Bagoi, HedinVerse 17Ater, Ezekia, Azur,Verse 18Oduia, Esam, Besi,Verse 19Ariph, Anathoth, Nobai,Verse 20Megaphes, Mesullam, Ezir,Verse 21Mesozebel, Saduc, Jeddua,Verse 22Phaltia, Anan, Anaea,Verse 23Osee, Anania, Asub,Verse 24Aloes, Phalai, Sobec,Verse 25Reum, Essabana, Maasia,Verse 26and Aia, Aenan, Enam,Verse 27Maluch, Eram, Baana.Verse 28And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nathinim, and every one who drew off from the nations of the land to the law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, every one who had knowledge and understanding,Verse 29were urgent with their brethren, and bound them under a curse, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which was given by the hand of Moses, the servant of God; to keep and to do all the commandments of the Lord, and his judgments, and his ordinances;Verse 30and that we will not, they said,give our daughters to the people of the land, nor will we take their daughters to our sons.Verse 31And as for the people of the land who bring wares and all manner of merchandise to sell on the sabbath-day, we will not buy of them on the sabbath or on the holy day: and we will leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.Verse 32And 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;Verse 33the shewbread, and the continual meat-offering, and for the continual whole-burnt-offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moon, for the feast, and for the holy things, and the sin-offerings, to make atonement for Israel, and for the works of the house of our God.Verse 34And we cast lots for the office of wood-bearing, we the priests, and the Levites, and the people, to bring wood into the house of our God, according to the house of our families, at certain set times, year by year, to burn on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law:Verse 35and to bring the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of the fruit of every tree, year by year, into the house of the Lord:Verse 36the first-born of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the first-born of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, for the priests that minister in the house of our God.Verse 37And the first-fruits of our corn, and the fruit of every tree, of wine, and of oil, will we bring to the priests to the treasury of the house of God; and a tithe of our land to the Levites: for the Levites themselves shall receive tithes in all the cities of the land we cultivate.Verse 38And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites in the tithe of the Levite: and the Levites shall bring up the tenth part of their tithe to the house of our God, into the treasuries of the house of God.Verse 39For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring into the treasuries the first-fruits of the corn, and wine, and oil; and there are the holy vessels, and the priests, and the ministers, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.