Nehemiah 10
Easy Reader Bible: Purple Letter EditionKJP 
1Now those who set their seal (to the aforementioned document) were Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hacaliah, Zedekiah, 2Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, 4Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 5Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 6Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 7Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 8Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests. 9And the Levites: both Jeshua, the son of Azaniah, Binnui, of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; 10And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 11Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, 12Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 13Hodiah, Bani, Beninu. 14The leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, 15Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 16Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 17Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, 18Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai, 19Hariph, Anathoth, Nobai, 20Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 21Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua, 22Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 23Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, 24Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, 25Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, 26Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, 27Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.

28And the rest of the people, the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, the Nethinim (temple servants), and all they who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, sons, and daughters, all those having knowledge, and understanding; 29They are joining with their fellow Israelites, their nobles, and are taking on a curse, and an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses, the servant of to keep and observe all the commandments of the God, our LORD, and His ordinances and statutes; 30And that we would not give our daughters (as wives) to the people of the land, nor take their daughters (as wives) for our sons. 31And if the people of the land bring merchandise or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it from them on the Sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we would forego raising crops during the seventh year, and forego the exaction of every debt. 32Also we made ordinances for us, to contribute yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service (expenses) of the house of our God, 33For the showbread, for the continual meal offering, for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God. 34And we also cast lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for contributing the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to the households of our fathers, at set times year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD, our God, as it is written in the law; 35And to bring the first fruits of our ground, and the first fruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD: 36Also the first-born of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests who minister in the house of our God; 37And that we should bring the first fruits of our dough, our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground to the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. 38And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes; and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house. 39For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the grain, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests who minister, and the gatekeepers, and the singers; and we will not forsake the house of our God.

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