1Now these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah,[ † ]Nehemiah 1:1 2Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,[ † ]Nehemiah 12:1-21 3Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, 4Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 5Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 6Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 7Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 8Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.
9The Levites: Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel, 10and their associates: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 11Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah, 12Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 13Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.
14And the leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,[ † ]Ezra 2:3 15Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 16Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 17Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, 18Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai, 19Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, 20Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 21Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua, 22Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 23Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub, 24Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, 25Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, 26Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, 27Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.
28“The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,[ † ]Ezra 2:36-43Ezra 9:1Nehemiah 13:3 29hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the Lord our Lord.[ † ]Deuteronomy 29:12Nehemiah 5:12Psalms 119:1062 Kings 23:32 Chronicles 34:31
30We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.[ † ]Exodus 34:16Deuteronomy 7:3Ezra 9:12
31When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow and will cancel every debt.[ † ]Exodus 20:10Leviticus 23:3Deuteronomy 5:12Exodus 23:10-11Leviticus 25:4Jeremiah 34:14Deuteronomy 15:1-2Nehemiah 5:12
32We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:[ † ]Exodus 30:11-16Exodus 38:25-262 Chronicles 24:6-9Matthew 17:24 33for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.[ † ]Leviticus 24:52 Chronicles 2:4Numbers 28Numbers 29
34We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the Law.[ † ]Nehemiah 13:31Isaiah 40:16Leviticus 6:12
35We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the Lord year by year.[ † ]Exodus 23:19Exodus 34:26Leviticus 19:23Numbers 18:12Deuteronomy 26:1-2 36And we will bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God.[ † ]Exodus 13:2-12, 13Leviticus 27:26-27Numbers 18:15-16
37Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.[ † ]Leviticus 23:17Numbers 15:19Numbers 18:12Deuteronomy 18:4Deuteronomy 26:2Leviticus 27:30Numbers 18:21Malachi 3:10 38A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.[ † ]Numbers 18:261 Chronicles 9:262 Chronicles 31:11
39For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”[ † ]Deuteronomy 12:6-112 Chronicles 31:12Nehemiah 13:12Nehemiah 13:10-11Hebrews 10:25