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Nehemiah 10

Neh. 10:32 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Also we made
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
ordinances
mitsvah (Hebrew #4687)
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
KJV usage: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Pronounce: mits-vaw'
Origin: from 6680
for us, to charge
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
ourselves yearly
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
with the third part
shliyshiy (Hebrew #7992)
third; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
KJV usage: third (part, rank, time), three (years old).
Pronounce: shel-ee-shee'
Origin: ordinal from 7969
of a shekel
sheqel (Hebrew #8255)
probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
KJV usage: shekel.
Pronounce: sheh'-kel
Origin: from 8254
for the service
`abodah (Hebrew #5656)
from 5647; work of any kind
KJV usage: act, bondage, + bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, X wrought.
Pronounce: ab-o-daw'
Origin: or mabowdah {ab-o-daw'}
of the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of our God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
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God,
House,
Ordinance,
Shekel

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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to charge.
Gen. 28:22• 22And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. (Gen. 28:22)
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Prov. 3:9• 9Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: (Prov. 3:9)
the third part.According to the law, every one above twenty years of age was to give half a shekel to the sanctuary for a ransom for their souls.
But, on account of the general poverty of the people, occasioned by their wars, and captivity, and by heavy tributes, etc., in the land of their captivity, this sum was reduced to the third part of a shekel.
Ex. 30:11‑16• 11And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
 12When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
 13This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord.
 14Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord.
 15The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.
 16And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls. (Ex. 30:11‑16)
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Matt. 17:24‑27• 24And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?
 25He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
 26Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.
 27Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee. (Matt. 17:24‑27)
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2 Cor. 8:12• 12For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. (2 Cor. 8:12)
• Since the priests and Levites had no inheritance in the land, tithing was their provision (Num. 18:21). (“Tithing and Firstfruits - Neh. 10:32-39” by N. Simon)
• It is easy to fall into a habit without having the heart exercised; when these habits are enforced, they will appear as legality. Furthermore, because there is no reality, legality is accompanied by hypocrisy, and, often, outright immorality. In the case of Israel, it was not the things mentioned — separation, honoring the Sabbath and tithing — that were wrong, but the manner in which they were taken up. They became a purely human thing apart from God, and, consequently, though there was much religious pride, they were in no moral state to recognize the Lord Jesus as Christ when He came.... So it is today; many complain of legality, and perhaps there is that cold, religious formalism. However, to abandon the truths of Scripture is an error in the opposite direction. True submission and obedience to God and His Word is the only right path. (“Tithing and Firstfruits - Neh. 10:32-39” by N. Simon)
• (Exod. 30:11-16.) This no doubt suggested the annual contribution before us, lessened probably to a third of a shekel on account of their poverty (chap. 9:37). In after years it was raised to half a shekel and became a tax upon every Jew. It was concerning this that the collectors asked Peter, "Doth not your master pay tribute?" (Matt. 17:24-27.) (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 10” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And we made ordinancesb for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God,

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. Lit. "commandments."