1 T hese set their seal: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah. And Zedekiah,

And over those sealed Nehemiah the Tirshatha, son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,

2 S eraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

3 P ashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,

Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,

4 H attush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

Huttush, Shebaniah, Malluch,

5 H arim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

6 D aniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

7 M eshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

8 M aaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah—these were the priests.

Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these the priests.

9 A nd the Levites: Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,

And the Levites: both Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;

10 A nd their brethren: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

and their brethren: Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

11 M ica, Rehob, Hashabiah,

Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,

12 Z accur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

13 H odiah, Bani, Beninu.

Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.

14 T he chiefs of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

Heads of the people: Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,

15 B unni, Azgad, Bebai,

Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

16 A donijah, Bigvai, Adin,

Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,

17 A ter, Hezekiah, Azzur,

Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,

18 H odiah, Hashum, Bezai,

Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,

19 H ariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

20 M agpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

21 M eshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,

Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,

22 P elatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

23 H oshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,

Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,

24 H allohesh, Pilha, Shobek,

Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,

25 R ehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

26 A hiah, Hanan, Anan,

and Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,

27 M alluch, Harim, Baanah.

Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

28 A nd the rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, Nethinim, and all they who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all who had knowledge and understanding—

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and every one who hath been separated from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every knowing intelligent one,

29 J oin now, with their brethren, their nobles, and enter into a curse and an oath to walk in God’s Law which was given to Moses the servant of God and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes:

are laying hold on their brethren, their honourable ones, and coming in to an execration, and in to an oath, to walk in the law of God, that was given by the hand of Moses, servant of God, and to observe and to do all the commands of Jehovah our Lord, and His judgments, and His statutes;

30 W e shall not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons.

and that we give not our daughters to the peoples of the land, and their daughters we take not to our sons;

31 A nd if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, we shall not buy it on the Sabbath or on a holy day; and we shall forego raising crops the seventh year and the compulsory payment of every debt.

and the peoples of the land who are bringing in the wares and any corn on the sabbath-day to sell, we receive not of them on the sabbath, and on a holy day, and we leave the seventh year, and usury on every hand.

32 A lso we pledge ourselves to pay yearly a third of a shekel for the service expenses 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,

33 F or the showbread; for the continual cereal offerings and burnt offerings; the Sabbaths, the New Moons, the set feasts; for the holy things, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel; and for all the work of the house of our God.

for bread of the arrangement, and the continual present, and the continual burnt-offering of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for appointed seasons, and for holy things, and for sin-offerings, to make atonement for Israel, even all the work of the house of our God.

34 W e also cast lots—the priests, the Levites, and the people—for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers’ houses, at appointed times year by year, to burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the Law.

And the lots we have caused to fall for the offering of wood, the priests, the Levites, and the people, to bring in to the house of our God, by the house of our fathers, at times appointed, year by year, to burn on the altar of Jehovah our God, as it is written in the law,

35 A nd to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the first of all the fruit of all trees year by year to the house of the Lord,

and to bring in the first fruits of our ground, and the first fruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of Jehovah,

36 A s well as the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as is written in the Law, and the firstlings of our herds and flocks, to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in house.

and the firstlings of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and our flocks, to bring in to the house of our God, to the priests who are ministering in the house of our God.

37 A nd we shall bring the first and best of our coarse meal, our contributions, the fruit of all kinds of trees, of new wine, and of oil to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God. And we shall bring the tithes from our ground to the Levites, for they, the Levites, collect the tithes in all our rural towns.

And the beginning of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of every tree, of new wine, and of oil, we bring in to the priests, unto the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithe of our ground to the Levites; and they -- the Levites -- have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage;

38 A nd the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when receive tithes, and shall bring one-tenth of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers, into the storehouse.

and the priest, son of Aaron, hath been with the Levites in the tithing of the Levites, and the Levites bring up the tithe of the tithe to the house of our God unto the chambers, to the treasure-house;

39 F or the Israelites and the sons of Levi shall bring the offering of grain, new wine, and oil to the chambers where the vessels of the sanctuary are, along with the priests who minister and the gatekeepers and singers. We will not forsake or neglect the house of our God.

for unto the chambers do they bring in -- the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi -- the heave-offering of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, and there vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests, those ministering, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and we do not forsake the house of our God.