Nehemiah 10:32 · KJV
“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;”
— Nehemiah 10:32
And {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 seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. {every...: Heb. every hand}
For the shewbread, 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.
Nehemiah 10 — Context
And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:
31And {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 seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. {every...: Heb. every hand}
32Also 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;
33For the shewbread, 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.
34And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring {it} into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as {it is} written in the law:
Cross References
Exodus 30:11-16
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Matthew 17:24-27
And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute {money} came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? {tribute: called in the original, didrachma, being in value fifteen pence sterling; about thirty seven cents}
2 Corinthians 8:12
For if there be first a willing mind, {it is} accepted according to that a man hath, {and} not according to that he hath not.
Proverbs 3:9
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Genesis 28:22
And this stone, which I have set {for} a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
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