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Nehemiah 10:32

Generosity

30 We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.

31 When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow, and will cancel every debt.

We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:

33 for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.

34 We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.

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BSB
We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:
KJV
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;
WEB
Also we made ordinances for ourselves, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:
ASV
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;
DARBY
And 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,
BLB
And we made for ourselves the obligation to put on ourselves a third of a shekel in a year for the service of the house of our God:
ÅB
Og vi påtok oss den forpliktelse at vi skulle avgi tredjedelen av en sekel årlig til tjenesten i vår Guds hus,
OTB
Vi påla oss også forpliktelsen å bidra årlig med en tredjedel av en sjekel til tjenesten i vår Guds hus:
B1930
Og vi påtok oss den forpliktelse at vi skulde avgi tredjedelen av en sekel årlig til tjenesten i vår Guds hus,

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