Nehemiah 10

10Those whose seals were on the document were:

Nehemiah the governor, ^bson of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,

²Seraiah, ^cAzariah, Jeremiah,

³Pashhur, ^dAmariah, Malchijah,

⁴Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

⁵Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

⁶Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

⁷Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

⁸Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah.

These were the priests.

⁹The Levites ^ewere:

Jeshua son of Azaniah,

Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,

¹⁰and their brothers

Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

¹¹Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,

¹²Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

¹³Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.

¹⁴The leaders of the people ^fwere:

Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

¹⁵Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

¹⁶Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, ^g

¹⁷Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,

¹⁸Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,

¹⁹Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

²⁰Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

²¹Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,

²²Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

²³Hoshea, Hananiah, ^hHasshub,

²⁴Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,

²⁵Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

²⁶Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,

²⁷Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

²⁸The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with their wives, sons, and daughters, everyone who is able to understand ⁱand who has separated themselves from the surrounding peoples ^jto obey the law of God— ²⁹join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath ^klto follow the law of God given through God’s servant Moses ^mand to carefully obey all the commands, ordinances, and statutes of Yahweh our Lord.

Details of the Vow

³⁰We will not give our daughters in marriage to the surrounding peoples and will not take their daughters as wives for our sons. ⁿ

³¹When the surrounding peoples bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or a holy day. ^oWe will also leave the land uncultivated in the seventh year ^pand will cancel every debt. ^q

³²We will impose the following commands on ourselves:

To give an eighth of an ounce of silver ^ryearly for the service of the house of our God: ^s33the bread displayed before the Lord, ^tuthe daily grain offering, the regular burnt offering, the Sabbath and New Moon offerings, ^vthe appointed festivals, the holy things, the sin offerings to atone for Israel, ^wand for all the work of the house of our God.

³⁴We have cast lots ^xamong the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our ancestral houses at the appointed times each year. They are to bring the wood to our God’s house to burn on the altar of the Lord our God, ^yas it is written in the law.

³⁵We will bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the Lord’s house year by year. ^z36We will also bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as prescribed by the law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, ^ato the priests who serve in our God’s house. ³⁷We will bring a loaf from our first batch of dough ^bto the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God. We will also bring the firstfruits of our grain offerings, of every fruit tree, and of the new wine and oil. ^cA tenth of our land’s produce belongs to the Levites, for the Levites are to collect the one-tenth offering in all our agricultural towns. ^d38A priest of Aaronic descent must accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, ^eand the Levites must take a tenth of this offering to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God. ^f39For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept ^gand where the priests who minister are, along with the gatekeepers and singers. We will not neglect the house of our God. ^h