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Nehemiah 10:32

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32We also 1set ourselves under the commandments to give yearly aone-third of a 2shekel for the service of the house of our God:

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit caused commands to stand on us, cf. Neh 4:13; 7:3; 9:2
  2. 2A shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm

Cross references

  1. aEx 30:11–16; Matt 17:24

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“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:

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“We 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:

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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:

NLTNew Living Translation

“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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“We put on ourselves the commandment upon us to yearly give a third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:

KJV 1900King James Version

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;