尼希米记 10:32

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

為聖殿而奉獻的定例我們又為自己立下法規，各人每年要繳納四克銀子作我們　神的殿的經費，

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
我 们 又 为 自 己 定 例 ， 每 年 各 人 捐 银 一 舍 客 勒 三 分 之 一 ， 为 我 们 　 神 殿 的 使 用 ，

Contextual Overview

³² We will be responsible for the commands to pay for the service of the Temple of our God. We will give an eighth of an ounce of silver each year. ³³ It is for the bread that is set out on the table; the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings; the offerings on the Sabbaths, New Moon festivals, and special feasts; the holy offerings; the offerings to remove the sins of the Israelites so they will belong to God; and for the work of the Temple of our God. ³⁴ We, the priests, the Levites, and the people, have thrown lots to decide at what time of year each family must bring wood to the Temple. The wood is for burning on the altar of the Lord our God, and we will do this as it is written in the Teachings. ³⁵ We also will bring the firstfruits from our crops and the firstfruits of every tree to the Temple each year. ³⁶ We will bring to the Temple our firstborn sons and cattle and the firstborn of our herds and flocks, as it is written in the Teachings. We will bring them to the priests who are serving in the Temple. ³⁷ We will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the Temple the first of our ground meal, our offerings, the fruit from all our trees, and our new wine and oil. And we will bring a tenth of our crops to the Levites, who will collect these things in all the towns where we work. ³⁸ A priest of Aaron's family must be with the Levites when they receive the tenth of the people's crops. The Levites must bring a tenth of all they receive to the Temple of our God to put in the storerooms of the treasury. ³⁹ The people of Israel and the Levites are to bring to the storerooms the gifts of grain, new wine, and oil. That is where the utensils for the Temple are kept and where the priests who are serving, the gatekeepers, and singers stay. We will not ignore the Temple of our God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

to charge: Genesis 28:22, Proverbs 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. Exodus 30:11-16, Matthew 17:24-27, 2 Corinthians 8:12

Reciprocal: Exodus 30:16 - appoint 1 Chronicles 26:27 - to maintain

Cross-References

Genesis 9:1
Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Have many children; grow in number and fill the earth.

Genesis 9:7
"As for you, Noah, I want you and your family to have many children, to grow in number on the earth, and to become many."

Genesis 9:19
These three men were Noah's sons, and all the people on earth came from these three sons.

Genesis 10:1
This is the family history of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah. After the flood these three men had sons.

Genesis 10:20
All these people were the sons of Ham, and all these families had their own languages, their own lands, and their own nations.

Genesis 10:25
Eber was the father of two sons—one named Peleg, because the earth was divided during his life, and the other was named Joktan.

Genesis 10:29
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these people were the sons of Joktan.

Genesis 10:31
These are the people from the family of Shem, arranged by families, languages, countries, and nations.

Acts 17:26
God began by making one person, and from him came all the different people who live everywhere in the world. God decided exactly when and where they must live.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Also we made ordinance, for us,.... Laws among themselves, binding them to that which the laws of God did not:

to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel, for the service of the house of our God; the particulars of which follow in the next verse; for the defraying of which there used to be a treasury in the temple; but now there was none, and therefore they took this method to assess themselves; and being poor, instead of the half shekel, which in some cases was required, they only charged themselves with the third part of one; though Aben Ezra thinks this was added to the half shekel, and was paid over and above that; according to Brerewood a, it was of the value of ten pence of our money: Waserus b has given us the figure of one of these coins, with this inscription, a "third" part of a shekel of Israel.

a De Pond. & Pret. Vet. Num. c. 1. b De Antiqu. Num. Heb. l. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 Law Exodus 30:13 was paid only at the time of a census (which rarely took place), and was thus not a recurring tax. In later times, the annual payment was raised from the third of a shekel to half a shekel Matthew 17:24.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 ransom for their souls. See Exodus 30:11-16. But why is one third of a shekel now promised instead of the half shekel, which the law required? To this question no better answer can be given than this: the general poverty of the people, occasioned by their wars, overthrows, heavy tributes, c., in the land of their captivity: and now on their return, having little property, it was impossible for them to give more and we know, from the terms of the law in this case, that the poor and the rich were obliged to give alike, because it was a ransom for their souls; and the souls of the poor and the rich were of like value, and stood equally in need of redemption; for all were equally fallen, and all had come equally short of the glory of God.

Though only a third part of a shekel was given at this time, and probably for the reason above assigned, yet when the people got into a state of greater prosperity, the half shekel was resumed: for it is clear that this sum was paid in the time of our Lord, though not to the temple, but to the Roman government. Hence when those who collected this as a tribute came to our Lord, it was for the διδραχμα, didrachma, which was half a shekel; and the coin with which our Lord paid for himself and Peter was a stater, which contained exactly two half shekels. See Matthew 17:24-27.