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1 Upon the seals are the names of Governor Nehemiah, Hacaliah's son, and Zedekiah;
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Now those who placed their seal on the document were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
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Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
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Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
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Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
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Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
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Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
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Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these are the priests.
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Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.
9 The Levites: Jeshua, Azaniah's son; Binnui of the descendants of Henadad; Kadmiel;
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The Levites: Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, and Kadmiel.
10 and their associates: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
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Their brethren: Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
11 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
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Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,
12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
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Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
13 Hodiah, Bani, Beninu.
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Hodijah, Bani, and Beninu.
14 The leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
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The leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
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Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
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Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
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Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
18 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
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Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,
19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
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Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
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Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
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Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
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Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
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Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
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Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
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Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
26 Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,
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Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,
27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
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Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.
28 The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who have separated themselves from the neighboring peoples to follow the Instruction from God, together with their wives, their sons, their daughters, and all who have knowledge and understanding.
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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--
29 They join with their officials and relatives, and make a solemn pledge to live by God's Instruction, which was given by Moses, God's servant, and to observe faithfully all the commandments, judgments, and statutes of our LORD God.
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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:
30 We won't give our daughters in marriage to the neighboring peoples, nor take their daughters in marriage for our sons.
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We would not give our daughters as wives to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;
31 If the neighboring peoples bring merchandise or any grain to sell on the Sabbath, we won't buy it from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. Every seventh year we won't plant crops, and we will return anything held in debt.
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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.
32 We pledge ourselves to keep the commandment and pay one-third of a shekel each year for the service of our God's house,
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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:
33 for the stacks of bread and the regular grain offering and the regular entirely burned offering, for the sabbaths and the new moons and the appointed festivals, for the holy offerings and the purification offerings to make reconcilation for Israel, and for all the work of our God's house.
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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.
34 We have also cast lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people so that we bring the wood offering into our God's house by families at the appointed times every year, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Instruction.
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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.
35 We will also bring the early produce of our soil and the early fruit from all trees every year to the LORD's house.
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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;
36 We will also bring the oldest offspring of our children and our cattle, as it is written in the Instruction, and the oldest males of our herds and flocks to our God's house, to the priests who serve in our God's house.
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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;
37 We will also bring the first of our dough, our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the wine, and the oil to the priests at the storerooms of our God's house. We will also bring one-tenth of the produce of our soil to the Levites, for it is the Levites who collect the tenth-part gifts in all the towns where we work.
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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.
38 A priest from the family of Aaron must be with the Levites when they collect the tenth-part gifts. Then the Levites must bring up one-tenth of the tenth-part gifts to our God's house, to the storerooms of the treasury.
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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.
39 The Israelites and the Levites must bring the contribution of grain, wine, and oil to the storerooms where the sanctuary equipment is kept, and where the priests on duty, the gatekeepers, and the singers reside. We won't neglect our God's house!
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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.
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