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;
The third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God. The law required every individual above twenty years of age to pay half a shekel to the sanctuary. But in consequence of the general poverty of the people, occasioned by war and captivity, this tribute was reduced to a third part of a shekel.
Verse 32. _CHARGE OURSELVES YEARLY WITH THE THIRD PART OF A_ _SHEKEL_] According to the law, every one above _twenty_ years of age was to give _half a shekel_ to the sanctuary, which was called a _ra...
THE THIRD PART OF A SHECKEL - This appears to have been the first occasion on which an annual payment toward the maintenance of the temple service and fabric was established. The half-shekel of the La...
CHAPTER 10 _ 1. Those who sealed the covenant (Nehemiah 10:1)_ 2. The obligations of the covenant (Nehemiah 10:28) Nehemiah 10:1. The last verse of the preceding chapter mentions a covenant. “A
NEHEMIAH 9:38 TO NEHEMIAH 10:39. THE COVENANT. This section is probably originally from Ezra's memoirs, though it has been considerably worked over, presumably not by the Chronicler, since he writes i...
A poll-tax of ⅓ of a shekel imposed for the maintenance of the service of the Temple 32. _we made ordinances for us_ The verse shows that Ezra and his colleagues, although establishing the authority o...
_WHAT DID THE PEOPLE PROMISE TO GIVE -- NEHEMIAH 10:32-39:_ The people make promises and ordinances that they would provide funds needed to do the work in the Temple. They determined to give a certain...
3. The people pledged additionally to support the Temple. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 10:32-33 32 We also placed ourselves under obligation to contribute yearly one third of a shekel for the service of the hous...
10:32 ordinances (b-4) Lit. Lit. 'commandments.'...
LIST OF THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE COVENANT 1. Now those that sealed _were_] The names that follow ZidMjah's are those of families whose living representatives sealed on behalf of their houses. Sev...
THE THIRD PART OF A SHEKEL] In Exodus 30:11 the amount named is 'a half shekel' (cp. Matthew 17:24), the change being perhaps due to an alteration in the weight of the shekel....
THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 10 The people had listened to the law of God (Nehemiah chapter 8) and they had remembered their histor...
The people also promised to pay money each year. Each person would pay the same amount, as tax. They paid 4 grams (1/8 ounce) of silver. This money was to pay for all the work of the *temple. Then the...
(28-39) The points of the covenant....
ALSO WE MADE ORDINANCES FOR US. — The covenant proceeds now to certain new regulations and resumption of neglected duties. TO CHARGE OURSELVES. — Origin of that annual rate for the general service of...
_[Nehemiah 10:33]_ וְ הֶעֱמַ֤דְנוּ עָלֵ֨ינוּ֙ מִצְוֹ֔ת לָ...
THE COVENANT Nehemiah 10:1 THE tenth chapter of Nehemiah introduces us to one of the most vital crises in the History of Israel. It shows us how the secret cult of the priests of Jehovah became a pop...
A PLEDGE OF BETTER SERVICE Nehemiah 10:28 The chapter opens with a list of the signers of the covenant, which was signed on behalf of the people. The consecration covenant involved-first, obedience;...
Following their humiliation, the people entered into a new covenant with God. This covenant was sealed representatively by the priests (3-8), Levites (9-13), rulers (14-27). To its terms all the peopl...
Third part. About 9 d., (Haydock) on account of the poverty of the people. (Calmet) --- They afterwards paid half a sicle, or 1 s. 2 d., conformably to the law, Exodus xxx. 13., and Matthew xvii. 23....
(29) They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandmen...
JOHN BROWN Nehemiah 10-13 It's Not How You Start I. INTRODUCTION A. In our last study of the book of Nehemiah, we saw how the Lord had blessed His people by the reading and understanding of His Wo...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9, 10, AND 11. On the twenty-fourth day, the people came together to humble themselves in a manner that became their position, and they separated themselves f...
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; Ver. 32. _To charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a sheke...
_To charge ourselves_ Every particular person among us; _yearly with a third part of a shekel_ About ten-pence of our money; _for the service of the house of our God_ To provide the show-bread for the...
1 The names of them that sealed the couenant. 29 The points of the couenant. 1 NOW those [NOTE: _Hebrew:_ at the sealings.] that sealed were, Nehemiah [NOTE: Or, the gouernour.] the Tirshatha the so...
Also we made ordinances for us to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel (about 21 cents) FOR THE SERVICE OF THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD, this sum being afterwards raised to a halt-shekel, M...
THE PROVISIONS OF THE COVENANT...
THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO SEALED (vv. 1-27) Nehemiah is first mentioned as having endorsed the covenant, then 22 priests listed along with him (vv. 1-8). Then 17 Levites are listed (vv. 9-13), followed...
32-39 Having covenanted against the sins of which they had been guilty, they obliged themselves to observe the duties they had neglected. We must not only cease to do evil, but learn to do well. Let...
TO CHARGE OURSELVES, i.e. every particular head or person among us; which they had warrant to do, both from the nature of the thing, because this was necessary to be done for the upholding of God's wo...
Nehemiah 10:32 made H5975 (H8689) ordinances H4687 exact H5414 (H8800) yearly H8141 one-third H7992 shekel H8255
THE DETAILS OF THE AGREEMENT (NEHEMIAH 10:29). Throughout the books of Ezra and Nehemiah certain particular contemporary issues stand out. These include the taking of idolatrous foreign wives (Nehemia...
CONTENTS: The covenant and the signers. CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah. CONCLUSION: Conversion means a separating of ourselves from the course and custom of this world and devoting ourselves to the condu...
Nehemiah 10:1. _Those that sealed_ were the governor, the priests, the levites, and the chiefs or princes of the people. The more distinguished men of these several orders, with the full sanction of a...
_Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel._ VOLUNTARY TAXATION Not to enter upon the thorny path of endowed or voluntary religion, nor to inquire wh...
_Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah._ COVENANTING WITH GOD - I. The parties entering the covenant. 1. Nehemiah the governor. This is true greatness in the sight of God, to be foremost in consecra...
NEHEMIAH 10:1 Signatories and Specific Commitments. Many of the people agree to the covenant, and they accept the responsibility of funding the temple’s activities. ⇐...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 10:32 THIRD PART OF A SHEKEL. No Mosaic law requires this tax. It is a new commitment to support THE SERVICE OF THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD. (However, compare...
EXPLANATORY NOTES.] NEHEMIAH 10:1.] “First came the name of the governor, _the Tirshatha;_ next _Zidkijah_, perhaps the secretary to the governor. Then follow twenty-one names of _priests_, seventeen...
EXPOSITION THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO SEALED, AND THE TERMS OF THE COVENANT (Nehemiah 10:1.). The covenant which the Levites had recommended, probably at the suggestion of Nehemiah and
Now these words were sealed and these people signed the covenant, starting with Nehemiah, the governor. And it gives the names of the leaders who signed the covenant. And the rest of the people, the p...
2 Corinthians 8:12; Exodus 30:11; Genesis 28:22; Matthew 17:24;...