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Now those that sealed
were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
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Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
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Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,
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Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
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Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
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Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
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Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
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Maaziah, Bilgai,
and Shemaiah: these
were priests.
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And the Levites: both Jeshua, the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;
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and their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
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Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,
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Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
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Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.
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The heads of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,
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Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
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Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,
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Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,
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Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
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Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
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Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,
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Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
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Hosea, Hananiah, Hashub,
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Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,
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Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
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Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
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And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all those that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge and having understanding;
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Strengthened with their brethren, their nobles, they came forward in an oath with a curse that they would walk in God’s law, which was given by the hand of Moses, the slave of God, and observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;
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and that we would not give our daughters unto the peoples of the land nor take their daughters for our sons.
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Likewise that if the peoples of the land bring merchandise or any food on the sabbath day to sell,
that we would not take anything from them on the sabbath or on the holy day, and
that we would leave the seventh year and remit every debt.
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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,
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for the showbread and for the continual present and for the continual burnt offering, and of the sabbaths and of the new moons, for the appointed feasts and for the holy
things and for the
atonement for sin to reconcile Israel and
for all the work of the house of our God.
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And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, regarding the wood offering, to bring
it into the house of our God, according to 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.
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And that each year we would bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, unto the house of the LORD.
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Likewise, the firstborn of our sons and of our beasts, as
it is written in the law and that we would bring the firstlings of our cows and of our sheep to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God.
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And
that we would also bring the firstfruits of our dough and of our offerings and the fruit of every tree, of the wine and of the oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithe of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tenths of our labours in all the cities.
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And that the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive tithes; and the Levites shall offer the tithe of the tithes in the house of our God, to the chambers, in the treasure house.
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For the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the offering of the grain, of the new wine and the oil, unto the chambers where
are the vessels of the sanctuary and the priests that minister and the porters and the singers; and we will not forsake the house of our God.