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Nehemiah 10:32

Generosity

30 And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

31 And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

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;

33 For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after 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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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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