Nehemiah 10:32

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

And we laid on ourselves charges, appointing for ourselves the third of a shekel, yearly, - for the service of the house of our God:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
We will impose the following commands on ourselves:

Hebrew Names Version
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;

King James Version
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;

English Standard Version
"We also take on ourselves the obligation to give yearly a third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:

New Century Version
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.

New English Translation
We accept responsibility for fulfilling the commands to give one third of a shekel each year for the work of the temple of our God,

Amplified Bible
Also we pledge ourselves to contribute yearly one third of a shekel for the service [expenses] of the house of our God:

New American Standard Bible
We also imposed on ourselves the obligation to contribute yearly a third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:

World English Bible
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;

Geneva Bible (1587)
And we made statutes for our selues to giue by the yeere the thirde part of a shekel for the seruice of the house of our God,

Legacy Standard Bible
We also set ourselves under the commandments to give yearly one-third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:

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

Contemporary English Version
Once a year we will each donate a small amount of silver to the temple of our God.

Complete Jewish Bible
"If the peoples of the lands bring merchandise or food to sell on Shabbat, we will not buy from them on Shabbat or on a holy day. "We will forego [planting and harvesting our fields] during the seventh year and collecting debts then.

Darby Translation
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,

Easy-to-Read Version
"We will accept the responsibility for obeying the commands to take care of God's Temple. We will give 1/3 shekel of silver each year to support the Temple service to honor our God.

George Lamsa Translation
We also confirmed upon ourselves the ordinances, to give the third part of a shekel on the sabbath for the work of the house of our God;

Good News Translation

Lexham English Bible
"We put on ourselves the commandment upon us to yearly give a third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:

Literal Translation
Also, we made stand on ourselves, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And we layed a statute vpon oure selues, to geue yearly ye thirde parte of a Sycle to the mynistracion in the house of oure God,

American Standard Version
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;

Bible in Basic English
And we made rules for ourselves, taxing ourselves a third of a shekel every year for the upkeep of the house of our God;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And we decreed a statute vpon our selues, to geue yerely the third part of a sicle to the ministration in the house of our God,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and if the peoples of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy of them on the sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we would forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

King James Version (1611)
Also we made ordinances for vs, to charge our selues yeerely, with the third part of a shekel, for the seruice of the house of our God,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And we will impose ordinances upon ourselves, to levy on ourselves the third part of a didrachm yearly for the service of the house of our God;

English Revised Version
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;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And we schulen ordeyne comaundementis `on vs, that we yyue the thridde part of a sicle `bi the yeer to the werk of `oure Lord God,

Update Bible Version
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;

Webster's Bible Translation
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;

New King James Version
Also we made ordinances for ourselves, to exact from ourselves yearly one-third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:

New Living Translation
"In addition, we promise to obey the command to pay the annual Temple tax of one-eighth of an ounce of silver for the care of the Temple of our God.

New Life Bible
We also promise to give one-third part of a piece of silver each year for the work of the house of our God.

New Revised Standard
We also lay on ourselves the obligation to charge ourselves yearly one-third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And we made ordinances for ourselves, to give the third part of a sicle every year for the work of the house of our God,

Revised Standard Version
We also lay upon ourselves the obligation to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:

Young's Literal Translation
And we have appointed for ourselves commands, to put on ourselves the third of a shekel in a year, for the service of the house of our God,

THE MESSAGE
We accept the responsibility for paying an annual tax of one-third of a shekel (about an eighth ounce) for providing The Temple of our God with bread for the Table regular Grain-Offerings regular Whole-Burnt-Offerings offerings for the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts Dedication-Offerings Absolution-Offerings to atone for Israel maintenance of The Temple of our God.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
We also placed ourselves under obligation to contribute yearly one third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:

Contextual Overview

³² And we laid on ourselves charges, appointing for ourselves the third of a shekel, yearly, - for the service of the house of our God: ³³ for the bread to set in array, and the continual meal-offering, and for the continual ascending-sacrifice, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the appointed feasts, and for things hallowed, and for victims bearing sin, to put a propitiatory-covering over Israel, - and for all the work of the house of our God. ³⁴ Also, lots, did we cast, concerning the offering of wood among the priests, the Levites, and the people, to bring it unto the house of our God, by our ancestral houses, at times arranged, year by year, - to burn upon the altar of Yahweh our God, as it is written in the law. ³⁵ And that we would bring in the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruit of all fruit of all trees, year by year, - unto the house of Yahweh; ³⁶ also that, the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, - and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, we would bring in unto the house of our God, unto the priests who should be in attendance in the house of our God; ³⁷ and, the first part of our meal and our heave-offerings and the fruit of all trees, new wine and oil, would we bring in unto the priests, into the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithe of our ground unto the Levites, - the Levites themselves, taking the tithes in all our cities of agriculture. ³⁸ And the priest the son of Aaron should be with the Levites, when the Levites should take the tithes, - and the Levites, should bring up the tithe of the tithe, unto the house of our God, into the chambers pertaining unto the treasure-house. ³⁹ For, into the chambers, should the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi bring in the heave-offering of the corn, the new wine and the oil, since, there, are the utensils of the sanctuary, and the priests who are in attendance, and the doorkeepers, and the singers, - so would we not neglect the house 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
So God blessed Noah and his sons, - and said to them Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth;

Genesis 9:7
Ye, therefore, be fruitful and multiply, swarm in the earth and multiply therein.

Genesis 9:19
These three, were the sons of Noah, - and from these, was all the earth overspread.

Genesis 10:1
Now, these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and there were born to them sons after the flood.

Genesis 10:20
These, are the sons of Ham, by their families by their tongues, in their lands in their nations.

Genesis 10:25
And to Eber, were born two sons, - the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days, was the earth divided, and the name of his brother was Joktan.

Genesis 10:29
and Ophir and Havilah, and Jobab - all these were sons of Joktan.

Genesis 10:31
These are the sons of Shem, by their families by their tongues, in their lands by their nations.

Acts 17:26
he made also, of one, every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, - marking out fitting opportunities, and the bounds of their dwelling place,

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.