Nehemiah 10

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 In view of all this, we are entering into a firm pact, which we are putting into writing. On the sealed document appear the names of our princes, our Levites, and our priests.	1 And the signatories were: Nehemiah, the cupbearer, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
2 On the sealed document: His Excellency Nehemiah, son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah.	2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
3 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,	3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
4 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,	4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
5 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,	5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
6 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,	6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
7 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,	7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
8 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,	8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests.
9 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these are the priests.	9 And the Levites were: Jeshua, the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,
10 The Levites: Jeshua, son of Azaniah; Binnui, of the sons of Henadad; Kadmiel;	10 and their brothers, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
11 and their brethren Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,	11 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
12 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,	12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
13 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,	13 Hodiah, Bani, Beninu.
14 Hodiah, Bani, Beninu.	14 The heads of the people were: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
15 The leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,	15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
16 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,	16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
17 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,	17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
18 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,	18 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
19 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,	19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
20 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,	20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hazir,
21 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,	21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
22 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,	22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
23 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,	23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
24 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,	24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
25 Halhohesh, Pilha, Shobek,	25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
26 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,	26 Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,
27 Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,	27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
28 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.	28 And the rest of the people were the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, and the singers, the temple servants, and all who had separated themselves, from the peoples of the lands, to the law of God, with their wives, their sons, and their daughters.
29 The rest of the people, priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple slaves, and all others who have separated themselves from the peoples of the lands in favor of the law of God, with their wives, their sons, their daughters, all who are of the age of discretion,	29 All who were able to understand, pledged on behalf of their brothers, with their nobles, and they came forward to promise and to swear that they would walk in the law of God, which he had given to the hand of Moses, the servant of God, that they would do and keep all the commandments of the Lord our God, and his judgments and his ceremonies,
30 join with their brethren who are their princes, and with the sanction of a curse take this oath to follow the law of God which was given through Moses, the servant of God, and to observe carefully all the commandments of the LORD, our LORD, his ordinances and his statutes.	30 and that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land, and that we would not accept their daughters for our sons,
31 Agreed, that we will not marry our daughters to the peoples of the land, and that we will not take their daughters for our sons.	31 also that, if the people of the land carry in goods for sale or any useful things, so that they might sell them on the day of the Sabbath, that we would not buy them on the Sabbath, nor on a sanctified day, and that we would release the seventh year and the collection of debt from every hand.
32 When the peoples of the land bring in merchandise or any kind of grain for sale on the sabbath day, we will not buy from them on the sabbath or on any other holyday. We will forgo the seventh year, as well as every kind of debt.	32 And we established precepts over ourselves, so that we would give one third part of a shekel each year for the work of the house of our God,
33 We impose these commandments on ourselves: to give a third of a shekel each year for the service of the house of our God,	33 for the bread of the presence, and for the continual sacrifice, and for a continual holocaust on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, on the solemnities, and for the holy things, and for the sin offering, so that atonement would be made for Israel, and for every use within the house of our God.
34 for the showbread, for the daily cereal offering, for the daily holocaust, for the sabbaths, new moons, and festivals, for the holy offerings, for sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for every service of the house of our God.	34 Then we cast lots concerning the oblation of the wood among the priests, and the Levites, and the people, so that it would be carried into the house of our God, by the households of our fathers, at set times, from the times of one year to another, so that they might burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, just as it was written in the law of Moses,
35 We, priests, Levites, and people, have determined by lot concerning the procurement of wood: it is to be brought to the house of our God by each of our family houses at stated times each year, to be burnt on the altar of the LORD, our God, as the law prescribes.	35 and so that we might bring in the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of all the produce from every tree, from year to year, in the house of our Lord,
36 We have agreed to bring each year to the house of the LORD the first fruits of our fields and of our fruit trees, of whatever kind;	36 and the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, just as it was written in the law, and the firstborn of our oxen and our sheep, so that they might be offered in the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God,
37 also, as is prescribed in the law, to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who serve in the house of our God, the first-born of our children and our animals, including the first-born of our flocks and herds.	37 and so that we might bring in the first-fruits of our foods, and of our libations, and the fruits of every tree, also of the vintage and of the oil, to the priests, to the storehouse of our God, with the tithes of our land for the Levites. The Levites also shall receive tithes from our works out of all the cities.
38 The first batch of our dough, and our offerings of the fruit of every tree, of wine and of oil, we will bring to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God. The tithe of our fields we will bring to the Levites; they, the Levites, shall take the tithe in all the cities of our service.	38 Now the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites in the tithes of the Levites, and the Levites shall offer a tenth part of their tithes in the house of our God, to the storeroom in the house of the treasury.
39 An Aaronite priest shall be with the Levites when they take the tithe, and the Levites shall bring the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers of the treasury.	39 For the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi shall carry to the storehouse the first-fruits of the grain, of the wine, and of the oil. And the sanctified vessels shall be there, and the priests, and the singing men, and the gatekeepers, and the ministers. And we shall not forsake the house of our God.
40 For to these chambers the Israelites and Levites bring the offerings of grain, wine, and oil; there also are housed the utensils of the sanctuary, and the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers. We will not neglect the house of our God.