and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house; and of all that thou givest me I will give the tenth to thee.”
Nehemiah 10:32 - Revised Standard Version We also lay upon ourselves the obligation to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Also we pledge ourselves to pay yearly a third of a shekel for the service expenses of the house of our God [which are]: American Standard Version (1901) 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; Common English Bible We pledge ourselves to keep the commandment and pay one-third of a shekel each year for the service of our God’s house, Catholic Public Domain Version 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, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And we made ordinances for ourselves, to give the third part of a side every year for the work of the house of our God: |
and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house; and of all that thou givest me I will give the tenth to thee.”
From spoil won in battles they dedicated gifts for the maintenance of the house of the Lord.
In those days I saw in Judah men treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in heaps of grain and loading them on asses; and also wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day; and I warned them on the day when they sold food.
Did not your fathers act in this way, and did not our God bring all this evil on us and on this city? Yet you bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.”
But I warned them and said to them, “Why do you lodge before the wall? If you do so again I will lay hands on you.” From that time on they did not come on the sabbath.
Moreover I and my brethren and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us leave off this interest.
and thou didst make known to them thy holy sabbath and command them commandments and statutes and a law by Moses thy servant.
but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the wild beasts may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.
Honor the Lord with your substance and with the first fruits of all your produce;
For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a man has, not according to what he has not.