Nehemiah 10

Nehemiah · Chapter 10

Nehemiah 10:1

1Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,2Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,3Pashur, 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, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,11Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,12Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,13Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.14The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,15Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,16Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,17Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,18Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,19Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,20Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,21Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,22Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,23Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,24Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,25Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,26And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,27Malluch, Harim, Baanah.28And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;29They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;30And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:31And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.32Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;33For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.34And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:35And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:36Also the firstborn 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 that minister in the house of our God:37And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and 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 unto 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 corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
1Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,Now these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah,Now those that sealed were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and [were] onוְעַ֖לve-'ALH5921A
upon

עַל (al) prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) …

the sealed [documents]הַחֲתוּמִ֑יםha-cha-tu-MIMH2856
to seal

חָתַם (cha.tam) 1) to seal, seal up, affix a seal 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to seal, affix one's seal 1a2) to seal up, fasten up by sealing 1b) (Niphal) to seal 1c) (Piel) to lock up 1d) (Hiphil) to be stopped Aramaic equivalent: cha.tam (חֲתַם "to seal" H2857)

Nehemiahנְחֶמְיָ֧הne-chem-YAHH5166H
Nehemiah

נְחֶמְיָה (ne.chem.yah) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.1.1; son of: Hacaliah (H2446); brother of: Hanani (H2607J) § Nehemiah = "Jehovah comforts" 1) the son of Hachaliah, cupbearer to king Artaxerxes, who became governor of Judah after the return from exile 2) one of the 12 heads of the people who returned from exile with Zerubbabel 3) son of Azbuk and ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, who helped to repair the wall of Jerusalem

the governorהַתִּרְשָׁ֛תָאha-tir-SHA-ta'H8660
governor

תִּרְשָׁתָא (tir.sha.ta) 1) Tirshatha-governor 1a) a title used by the Persian governor in Judea 1a1) Nehemiah used this title

[the] son ofבֶּן־ben-H1121A
son: child

בֵּן (ben) : child/son

Hacaliahחֲכַלְיָ֖הcha-khal-YAHH2446
Hacaliah

חֲכַלְיָה (cha.khal.yah) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.1.1; father of: Nehemiah (H5166H), Hanani (H2607J) § Hachaliah = "whom Jehovah enlightens" the father of Nehemiah

and Zedekiahוְצִדְקִיָּֽה׃ve-tzid-ki-YAHH6667J
Zedekiah

צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ (tsid.qiy.yah) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.1 § Zedekiah = "Jehovah is righteous" 1) the last king of Judah renamed from 'Mattaniah' by Nebuchadnezzar; son of Josiah by wife Hamutal; placed on the throne by Nebuchadnezzar when he carried his nephew Jehoiakim in captivity 2) false prophet at the court of king Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel 3) son of Maaseiah, a false prophet in Babylon 4) son of Hananiah, one of the princes of Judah in the time of Jeremiah 5) a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah 6) son of king Jehoiakim of Judah

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.