Nehemiah 10:32
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:”
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“We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Also 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;”
King James Version · Public Domain“Also 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;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And we have appointed for ourselves commands, to put on ourselves the third of a shekel in a year, for the service of the house of our God,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Nehemiah 10:32 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 28:22And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”
- Exodus 23:11but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.
- Exodus 30:11Then the LORD said to Moses,
- 1 Chronicles 26:27They had dedicated some of the plunder from their battles to the repair of the house of the LORD.
- Nehemiah 5:10I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury.
- Nehemiah 9:14You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.
- Nehemiah 13:15In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.
- Nehemiah 13:18Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”
- Nehemiah 13:21but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.
- Proverbs 3:9Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
- Matthew 17:24After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?”
- 2 Corinthians 8:12For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
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