Nehemiah 10

Nehemiah · Chapter 10

Nehemiah 10:8

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
8Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
Maaziahמַֽעַזְיָ֥הma-'az-YAHH4590H
Moadiah

מוֹעַדְיָה (mo.ad.yah) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.10.8; also called Maadiah at Neh.12.5; Moadiah at Neh.12.17; Another name of ma.az.yah (מַעַזְיָהוּ "Maaziah" H4590H) § Moadiah = "the set time of JAH" one of the priests who returned with Zerubbabel

Bilgaiבִלְגַּ֖יvil-GAIH1084
Bilgai

בִּלְגַּי (bil.gay) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.10.8; also called Bilgai at Neh.10.8; Another name of bil.gah (בִּלְגָּה "Bilgah" H1083H) § Bilgai = "my cheerfulness" a priest who covenanted with Nehemiah

Shemaiahשְׁמַֽעְיָ֑הshe-ma'-YAHH8098T
Shemaiah

שְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ (she.ma.yah) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.10.8 § Shemaiah = "heard by Jehovah" 1) a prophet of the Lord in the reign of king Rehoboam of Judah 2) the Nehelamite, a false prophet in the time of the prophet Jeremiah 3) father of Delaiah, one of the princes of Judah in the time of the prophet Jeremiah 4) an inhabitant of Kirjathjearim and father of Urijah, a prophet of the Lord in the time of the prophet Jeremiah 5) a Judaite, son of Shechaniah, father of Hattush, and descendant of Zerubbabel 6) a Simeonite, father of Shimri 7) a Reubenite, son of Joel and father of Gog …

theseאֵ֖לֶּה'E-lehH0428
these

אֵ֫לֶּה (el.leh) 1) these 1a) used before antecedent 1b) used following antecedent Aramaic equivalent: el.leh (אֵלֶּה "these" H0429)

[were] the priestsהַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃ סha-ko-ha-NIMH3548
priest

כֹּהֵן (ko.hen) 1) priest, principal officer or chief ruler 1a) priest-king (Melchizedek, Messiah) 1b) pagan priests 1c) priests of Jehovah 1d) Levitical priests 1e) Zadokite priests 1f) Aaronic priests 1g) the high priest Aramaic equivalent: ka.hen (כָּהֵן "priest" H3549)

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