1 Now those that sealedwere, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the sonof Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,nthose…: Heb. at the sealingsnthe Tirshatha: or, the governor2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these werethe priests.9 And the Levites: both Jeshuathe sonof Azaniah, Binnuiof the sonsof Henadad, Kadmiel;10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.14 The chiefof the people; Parosh, Pahath–moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,17 Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
28 And the restof the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separatedthemselves from the peopleof the landsunto the lawof God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;29 They claveto their brethren, their nobles, and enteredinto a curse, and into an oath, to walkin God'slaw, which was givenbyMosesthe servantof God, and to observeand doall the commandmentsof the Lordour Lord, and his judgmentsand his statutes;nby: Heb. by the hand of30 And that we would not giveour daughtersunto the peopleof the land, nor taketheir daughtersfor our sons:31 And ifthe peopleof the landbringwareor any victualson the sabbathdayto sell, thatwe would not buyit of them on the sabbath, or on the holyday: and thatwe would leavethe seventhyear, and the exactionof every debt.nevery…: Heb. every hand32 Also we madeordinancesfor us, to chargeourselves yearlywith the third partof a shekelfor the serviceof the houseof our God;33 For the shewbread, and for the continualmeat offering, and for the continualburnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holythings, and for the sin offeringsto make an atonementfor Israel, and forall the workof the houseof our God.34 And we castthe lotsamong the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the woodoffering, to bringitinto the houseof our God, after the housesof our fathers, at timesappointedyearby year, to burnupon the altarof the Lordour God, as it iswrittenin the law:35 And to bringthe firstfruitsof our ground, and the firstfruitsof all fruitof all trees, yearby year, unto the houseof the Lord:36 Also the firstbornof our sons, and of our cattle, as it iswrittenin the law, and the firstlingsof our herdsand of our flocks, to bringto the houseof our God, unto the prieststhat ministerin the houseof our God:37 And thatwe should bringthe firstfruitsof our dough, and our offerings, and the fruitof all manner of trees, of wineand of oil, unto the priests, to the chambersof the houseof our God; and the tithesof our groundunto the Levites, that the same Levitesmight have the tithesin all the citiesof our tillage.38 And the priestthe sonof Aaronshall be with the Levites, when the Levitestake tithes: and the Levitesshall bring upthe titheof the tithesunto the houseof our God, to the chambers, into the treasurehouse.39 For the childrenof Israeland the childrenof Levishall bringthe offeringof the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where arethe vesselsof the sanctuary, and the prieststhat minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsakethe houseof our God.