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Nehemiah
Chapter Ten
New King James Version (NKJV)
Nehemiah 10:1.
Now those who placed their seal on the document were: Nehemiah
the governor
the son of Hacaliah
and Zedekiah
YLT And over those sealed
[are] Nehemiah the Tirshatha
son of Hachaliah
and Zidkijah
Verses
1-27
Now those that
sealed were
....
That sealed the covenant
made Nehemiah 9:38.
Nehemiah the
Tirshatha
the son of Hachaliah; the governor of the Jews:
and Zidkijah;
who seems also to have
been a prince
since
without
it could not be said it was sealed by their
princes
Nehemiah 9:38
though some think both these were priests
and then the princes must be
supposed to be among the chief of the people
Nehemiah 10:14
from hence to the end of the twenty seventh their names follow; the names of
the priests
Nehemiah 10:2
who
were in all twenty one; no mention is made either of Eliashib the high priest
nor of Ezra the priest and scribe; some think the former had not behaved well
in his office
and that the latter was either sick
or returned to Babylon
or
however hindered by some providence or another
since we hear of him both a
little before and after
Nehemiah 8:2 then
the names of the Levites
Nehemiah 10:9
in
all seventeen
most of which we have met with in this book before; next follow
the names of the chief of the people
Nehemiah 10:14
their number in all forty four; and their names may be observed in the list of
those that came out of Babylon with Zerubbabel; the whole number of those that
sealed
princes
priests
Levites
and chief of the people
were eighty four.
Nehemiah 10:2.
Seraiah
Azariah
Jeremiah
YLT Seraiah
Azariah
Jeremiah
Nehemiah 10:3.
Pashhur
Amariah
Malchijah
YLT Pashhur
Amariah
Malchijah
Nehemiah 10:4.
Hattush
Shebaniah
Malluch
YLT Huttush
Shebaniah
Malluch
Nehemiah 10:5.
Harim
Meremoth
Obadiah
YLT Harim
Meremoth
Obadiah
Nehemiah 10:6.
Daniel
Ginnethon
Baruch
YLT Daniel
Ginnethon
Baruch
Nehemiah 10:7.
Meshullam
Abijah
Mijamin
YLT Meshullam
Abijah
Mijamin
Nehemiah 10:8.
Maaziah
Bilgai
and Shemaiah. These were the
priests.
YLT Maaziah
Bilgai
Shemaiah; these [are] the priests.
Nehemiah 10:9.
The Levites: Jeshua the son of Azaniah
Binnui of the sons of
Henadad
and Kadmiel.
YLT And the Levites: both
Jeshua son of Azaniah
Binnui of the sons of Henadad
Kadmiel;
Nehemiah 10:10.
Their brethren: Shebaniah
Hodijah
Kelita
Pelaiah
Hanan
YLT and their brethren:
Shebaniah
Hodijah
Kelita
Pelaiah
Hanan
Nehemiah 10:11. Micha
Rehob
Hashabiah
YLT Micha
Rehob
Hashabiah
Nehemiah 10:12.
Zaccur
Sherebiah
Shebaniah
YLT Zaccur
Sherebiah
Shebaniah
Nehemiah 10:13.
Hodijah
Bani
and Beninu.
YLT Hodijah
Bani
Beninu.
Nehemiah 10:14.
The leaders of the people: Parosh
Pahath-Moab
Elam
Zattu
Bani
YLT Heads of the people:
Parosh
Pahath-Moab
Elam
Zatthu
Bani
Nehemiah 10:15.
Bunni
Azgad
Bebai
YLT Bunni
Azgad
Bebai
Nehemiah 10:16.
Adonijah
Bigvai
Adin
YLT Adonijah
Bigvai
Adin
Nehemiah 10:17.
Ater
Hezekiah
Azzur
YLT Ater
Hizkijah
Azzur
Nehemiah 10:18.
Hodijah
Hashum
Bezai
YLT Hodijah
Hashum
Bezai
Nehemiah 10:19.
Hariph
Anathoth
Nebai
YLT Hariph
Anathoth
Nebai
Nehemiah 10:20.
Magpiash
Meshullam
Hezir
YLT Magpiash
Meshullam
Hezir
Nehemiah 10:21. Meshezabel
Zadok
Jaddua
YLT Meshezabeel
Zadok
Jaddua
Nehemiah 10:22.
Pelatiah
Hanan
Anaiah
YLT Pelatiah
Hanan
Anaiah
Nehemiah 10:23.
Hoshea
Hananiah
Hasshub
YLT Hoshea
Hananiah
Hashub
Nehemiah 10:24.
Hallohesh
Pilha
Shobek
YLT Hallohesh
Pilha
Shobek
Nehemiah 10:25.
Rehum
Hashabnah
Maaseiah
YLT Rehum
Hashabnah
Maaseiah
Nehemiah 10:26.
Ahijah
Hanan
Anan
YLT and Ahijah
Hanan
Anan
Nehemiah 10:27.
Malluch
Harim
and Baanah.
YLT Malluch
Harim
Baanah.
Nehemiah 10:28.
Now the rest of the people—the priests
the Levites
the
gatekeepers
the singers
the Nethinim
and all those who had separated
themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God
their wives
their
sons
and their daughters
everyone who had knowledge and understanding—
YLT And the rest of the
people
the priests
the Levites
the gatekeepers
the singers
the Nethinim
and every one who hath been separated from the peoples of the lands unto the
law of God
their wives
their sons
and their daughters
every knowing
intelligent one
And the rest of
the people
....
That did not sign and
seal:
the priests
the Levites
the porters
the singers
the Nethinims;
the porters and singers
were Levites; but those so called were such as waited upon the priests
as the
Nethinims were persons that waited on them:
and all they
that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God;
proselytes
who had
renounced Heathenism
and embraced the true religion
had received the law of
God
and professed to walk according to it:
their wives
their sons
and their daughters
everyone having knowledge
and having
understanding;
of the nature of the
covenant
and the things contained in it
of what was required of them
and of
what they promised
of the nature of an oath they entered into
and of the sin
of perjury.
Nehemiah 10:29.
these joined with their brethren
their nobles
and entered into a
curse and an oath to walk in God’s Law
which was given by Moses the servant of
God
and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord
and
His ordinances and His statutes:
YLT are laying hold on their
brethren
their honourable ones
and coming in to an execration
and in to an
oath
to walk in the law of God
that was given by the hand of Moses
servant
of God
and to observe and to do all the commands of Jehovah our Lord
and His
judgments
and His statutes;
They clave to
their brethren
their nobles
....
Who had signed and sealed
the covenant
they declared their approbation of it
attended to it
and
ratified what they had done in their name:
and entered
into a curse
and into an oath
to walk in God's law
which was given by Moses
the servant of God;
they bound themselves with
an oath that they would keep the law of God
and added a curse or imprecation
on themselves to it should they break it; or
according to Piscator
they went
into the space between the two pieces of the calf
which they cut asunder for
the confirmation of the covenant
and so they cursed themselves if they should
break it
see Jeremiah 34:18
and to observe
and do all the commandments of the Lord our God
and his judgments and his
statutes;
all the laws
moral
ceremonial
and judicial; this they engaged to do in general; some particulars
follow.
Nehemiah 10:30.
We would not give our daughters as wives to the peoples of the
land
nor take their daughters for our sons;
YLT and that we give not our
daughters to the peoples of the land
and their daughters we take not to our
sons;
And that we
would not give our daughters unto the people of the land
nor take their
daughters for our sons
....
Intermarry with them as
they had done
and were prone to do
and even did after this
Nehemiah 13:23.
Nehemiah 10:31.
if the peoples of the land
brought wares or any grain to sell on the Sabbath day
we would not buy it from
them on the Sabbath
or on a holy day; and we would forego the seventh year’s produce
and the exacting of every debt.
YLT and the peoples of the
land who are bringing in the wares and any corn on the sabbath-day to sell
we
receive not of them on the sabbath
and on a holy day
and we leave the seventh
year
and usury on every hand.
And if the
people of the land bring ware
....
Any thing to be sold
any
sort of goods
that being sold might be taken away
as the word signifies:
or any victuals
on the sabbath day to sell;
anything to make food of;
wheat or barley
as Aben Ezra interprets it; the same word is rendered corn;
see Gill on Genesis 42:1; to
sell which was not lawful on the sabbath day
see Amos 8:5
that we would
not buy it of them on the sabbath
or on the holy day;
any festival
as the feast
of the passover
pentecost
and tabernacles:
and that we
would leave the seventh year:
the ground untilled in
that year
the vines unpruned
and the fruits of the earth
which sprung of
themselves
for the poor to gather
Leviticus 25:4
and the
exaction of every debt;
that they would not demand
the payment of any debt on the seventh year
as the law required they should
not
Deuteronomy 15:2.
Nehemiah 10:32.
Also we made ordinances for ourselves
to exact from ourselves
yearly one-third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:
YLT And we have appointed
for ourselves commands
to put on ourselves the third of a shekel in a year
for the service of the house of our God
Also we made
ordinance
for us
....
Laws among themselves
binding them to that which the laws of God did not:
to charge
ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel
for the service of the house
of our God;
the particulars of which
follow in the next verse; for the defraying of which there used to be a
treasury in the temple; but now there was none
and therefore they took this
method to assess themselves; and being poor
instead of the half shekel
which
in some cases was required
they only charged themselves with the third part of
one; though Aben Ezra thinks this was added to the half shekel
and was paid
over and above that; according to BrerewoodF1De Pond. & Pret.
Vet. Num. c. 1.
it was of the value of ten pence of our money: WaserusF2De
Antiqu. Num. Heb. l. 2. has given us the figure of one of these coins
with
this inscription
a "third" part of a shekel of Israel.
Nehemiah 10:33.
for the showbread
for the regular grain offering
for the regular
burnt offering of the Sabbaths
the New Moons
and the set feasts; for the holy
things
for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel
and all the work of
the house of our God.
YLT for bread of the
arrangement
and the continual present
and the continual burnt-offering of the
sabbaths
of the new moons
for appointed seasons
and for holy things
and for
sin-offerings
to make atonement for Israel
even all the work of the house of
our God.
For the
shewbread
....
To defray the expenses of
the twelve loaves
which every week were set on the table of shewbread
Leviticus 24:5
and for the
continual meat offering
and for the continual burnt offering;
for the daily sacrifice
morning and evening
which always had a meat offering along with it
Exodus 29:38
of the
sabbaths
and of the new moons;
on which were additional
sacrifices
Numbers 28:9
and for the set
feasts;
of passover
pentecost
and
tabernacles; in which also were offered other sacrifices
besides the daily
one
Numbers 28:16
and for the
holy things:
which were both by way of
thanksgiving to God
and that they might feast and rejoice together:
and for the sin
offerings
to make an atonement for Israel;
for the whole body of the
people
and so were made at the public expense:
and for all the
work of the house of our God;
whatever else was
necessary that is not mentioned.
Nehemiah 10:34.
We cast lots among the priests
the Levites
and the people
for
bringing the wood offering into the house of our God
according to our fathers’
houses
at the appointed times year by year
to burn on the altar of the Lord our God as it
is written in the Law.
YLT And the lots we have
caused to fall for the offering of wood
[among] the priests
the Levites
and
the people
to bring in to the house of our God
by the house of our fathers
at times appointed
year by year
to burn on the altar of Jehovah our God
as
it is written in the law
And we cast the
lots among the priests
the Levites
and the people
....
The priests and Levites
were in one lot
and the people in another
as Aben Ezra:
for the wood
offering;
for providing wood to burn
upon the altar continually
concerning which MaimonidesF3Hilchot
Cele Hamikdash
c. 6. sect. 9
10. Vid. Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn.
Taanith
c. 4. sect. 5. thus writes:"what is the wood offering? there was
a time fixed for families to go out unto the forests
and bring in wood of
disposition (to be laid in order on the altar); and the day when it came to the
turn of a family to bring the wood
they offered up freewill burnt offerings
which were called a wood offering; and it was to them as a good day (or
festival)
and they were forbid to mourn
fast
or do any work on it;'and he
observes
that if a single person brought wood of his own free will
he was
obliged to the same; and JosephusF4De Bello Jud. l. 2. c. 17. sect.
6. speaks of a feast called χυλοφορια
when it was
customary for all to bring wood to the altar
to keep alive the sacred fire
that it might not go out
which
according to him
was on the fourteenth of the
month Lois
or August; but this was not the business of all the people
lots
were cast
as here said
who should do it
and when:
to bring it
into the house of our God;
the temple
where there
was a place called the "wood room"
into which the wood was brought
after it had been wormed by the priestsF5See Lightfoot's Prospect of
the Temple
ch. 25. .
after the
houses of our fathers;
or families on whom the
lot fell to do it: some render it:
into the house
of our fathers
meaning the same as
before; the temple so called
because they built it
and worshipped God in it;
so Jarchi and Aben Ezra:
at times
appointed
year by year;
as the lot directed;
these
according to the Jewish doctorsF6Misn. Taanith
c. 4. sect.
5.
were nine times in the year; on the first of Nisan (or March)
the sons of
Arach
of the tribe of Judah
brought the wood; on the twentieth of Tammuz (or
June)
the posterity of David
of the tribe of Judah; on the fifth of Ab (or
July)
the children of Parosh
of the tribe of Judah; on the seventh of the
same month
the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab; on the tenth of the same
month
the posterity of Senaah
of the tribe of Benjamin; on the fifteenth of
the same month
the children of Zattu
and with them the priests and Levites
and all who were of an uncertain tribe
&c. on the twentieth of the same
month
the posterity of Pahathmoab
of the tribe of Judah; on the twentieth of
Elul (or August)
the children of Adin
of the tribe of Judah; on the first of
Tebeth (or December)
the posterity of Parosh again brought the wood:
to burn upon
the altar of the Lord our God
as it is written in the law;
the wood should be burnt
upon it
and fire kept on it continually
Leviticus 6:12
for
this refers only to that
the wood offering is nowhere spoken of in the law.
Nehemiah 10:35.
And we made ordinances to bring the firstfruits of our
ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees
year by year
to the
house of the Lord;
YLT and to bring in the
first fruits of our ground
and the first fruits of all fruit of every tree
year by year
to the house of Jehovah
And to bring
the firstfruits of our ground
....
Not that they cast lots to
do this
but they bound themselves with an oath
according to the law
to do
it; this is the first of all the fruits of the earth
Exodus 23:19
though
Aben Ezra restrains it to the sheaf of the firstfruits
and to the two wave
loaves
Leviticus 23:10
and the
firstfruits of all fruit of all trees;
which
as Aben Ezra
observes
their wise men restrain to the seven kinds only mentioned in Deuteronomy 8:8.
Nehemiah 10:36.
to bring the firstborn of our sons and our cattle
as it is
written in the Law
and the firstborn of our herds and our flocks
to the house
of our God
to the priests who minister in the house of our God;
YLT and the firstlings of
our sons
and of our cattle
as it is written in the law
and the firstlings of
our herds and our flocks
to bring in to the house of our God
to the priests
who are ministering in the house of our God.
Also the
firstborn of our sons and of our cattle
....
Such as were unclean
as
Aben Ezra notes
as the ass
&c. and are distinguished from clean ones
mentioned in the following clause; now both these
their sons
and this sort of
cattle
were to be redeemed by a price paid to the priests: as it is written in
the law
Exodus 13:2
and the
firstlings of our herds
and of our flocks;
clean cattle
which were
to be offered
Numbers 18:17
to bring to the
house of our God
unto the priests that minister in the house of our God;
a price for the one sort
and the other for sacrifice.
Nehemiah 10:37.
to bring the firstfruits of our dough
our offerings
the fruit
from all kinds of trees
the new wine and oil
to the priests
to the
storerooms of the house of our God; and to bring the tithes of our land to the
Levites
for the Levites should receive the tithes in all our farming
communities.
YLT And the beginning of our
dough
and our heave-offerings
and the fruit of every tree
of new wine
and
of oil
we bring in to the priests
unto the chambers of the house of our God
and the tithe of our ground to the Levites; and they -- the Levites -- have the
tithes in all the cities of our tillage;
And that we
should bring the first fruits of our dough
....
According to the law in Numbers 15:20
and our
offerings;
their heave offerings
Numbers 18:8
and the fruit
of all manner of trees;
bore by them on the fourth
year after their planting
Leviticus 19:23
of wine and oil;
to which Aben Ezra
restrains the fruit of the trees
see Numbers 18:12
all
these they were to bring
unto the
priests
to the chambers the house of our God;
there to be laid up for
the use of it; and oil and wine were frequently used in sacrifices:
and the tithes
of our ground unto the Levites
that the same Levites might have the tithes in
all the cities of our village;
the tenth part of the
produce of their agriculture everywhere throughout the land
see Numbers 18:21.
Nehemiah 10:38.
And the priest
the descendant of Aaron
shall be with the Levites
when the Levites receive tithes; and the Levites shall bring up a tenth of the
tithes to the house of our God
to the rooms of the storehouse.
YLT and the priest
son of
Aaron
hath been with the Levites in the tithing of the Levites
and the
Levites bring up the tithe of the tithe to the house of our God unto the
chambers
to the treasure-house;
And the priest
the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites
when the Levites take tithes
....
There was always to be a
priest with the Levites at such times
to take notice what quantity they
received
that they might not be under any temptation
or lie under any
suspicion of defrauding the priests of their due
who were to have a part in
the tithes
as follows:
and the Levites
shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God
to the
chambers
into the treasure house:
which were in the court of
the priests for that purpose; for out of the tithes of the Levites there was
another tithe or tenth part taken
and given to the priests
see Numbers 18:26.
Nehemiah 10:39.
For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring
the offering of the grain
of the new wine and the oil
to the storerooms where
the articles of the sanctuary are
where the priests who minister and
the gatekeepers and the singers are; and we will not neglect the house
of our God.
YLT for unto the chambers do
they bring in -- the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi -- the heave-offering
of the corn
the new wine
and the oil
and there [are] vessels of the
sanctuary
and the priests
those ministering
and the gatekeepers
and the
singers
and we do not forsake the house of our God.
For the
children of Israel
and the children of Levi
shall bring the offering of the
corn
of the new wine
and the oil
unto the chambers
....
In the temple:
where are the
vessels of the sanctuary;
to put the said things
into
that they might be ready at hand when wanted
as they often were for the
meat and drink offerings:
and the priests
that minister
and the porters
and the singers;
who dwelt there when in
their ministrations
and were supported by the above tithes and gifts:
and we will not
forsake the house of our God;
neither forsake the
assembling themselves there for worship
nor neglect to make the necessary
provisions for the service of it
as they had too much done
but now resolve
for the future to behave better.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》