Níxīmǐjì 10:32

32 Wǒmen yòu wèi zìjǐ dénglì , mĕi nián gèrén juān yín yī Shĕkèlè sān fēn ...zhīyī , wèi wǒmen shén diàn de shǐyòng ,

Níxīmǐjì 10:32 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 10:32

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 Brerewood ^F1, it was of the value of ten pence of our money: Waserus ^F2 has given us the figure of one of these coins, with this inscription, a "third" part of a shekel of Israel.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 De Pond. & Pret. Vet. Num. c. 1.
F2 De Antiqu. Num. Heb. l. 2.

Níxīmǐjì 10:32 In-Context

30 Bìng bú jiāng wǒmen de nǚér jià gĕi zhè dì de jūmín , yĕ bú wèi wǒmen de érzi qǔ tāmende nǚér .

31 Zhè dì de jūmín ruò zaì ānxīrì , huò shénme shèng rì , daì le huò wù huò liángshi lái maì gĕi wǒmen , wǒmen bì bù mǎi . mĕi fùng dì qī nián bì bù gēngzhòng , fán qiàn wǒmen zhaì de bì bù zhuī tǎo .

32 Wǒmen yòu wèi zìjǐ dénglì , mĕi nián gèrén juān yín yī Shĕkèlè sān fēn ...zhīyī , wèi wǒmen shén diàn de shǐyòng ,

33 Jiù shì wèi chénshèbǐng , cháng xiàn de sù jì , hé Fánjì , ānxīrì , yuè shuò , jiéqī suǒ xiàn de yǔ shèngwù , bìng Yǐsèliè rén de shú zuì jì , yǐjí wǒmen shén diàn lǐ yīqiè de feìyòng .

34 Wǒmen de jìsī , Lìwèi rén , hé bǎixìng dōu chèqiā , kàn mĕi nián shì nǎ yī zú àn déng qī jiāng xiànjì de chái fèng dào wǒmen shén de diàn lǐ . zhào zhe lǜfǎ shang suǒ xiĕ de , shāo zaì Yēhéhuá wǒmen shén de tán shang .