the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
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Nehemiah 10:32
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We will impose the following commands on ourselves:
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;
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;
"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:
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.
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,
Also we pledge ourselves to contribute yearly one third of a shekel for the service [expenses] of the house of our God:
We also imposed on ourselves the obligation to contribute yearly a third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:
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;
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,
We also set ourselves under the commandments to give yearly one-third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:
We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:
Once a year we will each donate a small amount of silver to the temple of our God.
"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.
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,
"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.
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;
"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:
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,
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,
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;
And we made rules for ourselves, taxing ourselves a third of a shekel every year for the upkeep of the house of our God;
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,
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.
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,
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;
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;
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;
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;
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:
"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.
We also promise to give one-third part of a piece of silver each year for the work of the house of our God.
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:
And we laid on ourselves charges, appointing for ourselves the third of a shekel, yearly, - for the service of the house of our God:
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,
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:
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,
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.
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
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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
And God blisside Noe and hise sones, and seide to hem, Encreesse ye, and be ye multiplied, and fille ye the erthe;
Forsothe encreesse ye, and be ye multiplied, and entre ye on erthe, and fille ye it, Also the Lord seide thes thingis to Noe,
These thre weren the sones of Noe, and al the kynde of men was sowun of hem on al erthe.
These ben the generaciouns of the sones of Noe, Sem, Cham, and Jafeth. And sones weren borun to hem aftir the greet flood.
These weren the sones of Cham, in her kynredis, and langagis, and generaciouns, and londis, and folkis.
And twei sones weren borun to Heber, the name to o sone was Faleg, for the lond was departid in hise daies; and the name of his brothir was Jectan.
alle these weren the sones of Jectan.
These ben the sones of Sem, bi kynredis, and langagis, and cuntrees, in her folkis.
and made of oon al the kinde of men to enhabite on al the face of the erthe, determynynge tymes ordeyned, and termes of the dwellynge of hem,
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.
