The Obligations of the Covenant

Nehemiah 10

28 d Now the rest of the people - the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, e and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and understanding - 29 these joined with their brethren, their nobles, f and entered into a curse and an oath g 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 ordinances and His statutes: 30 We would not give h our daughters as wives to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons; 31 i if the peoples of the land brought 1 wares or any grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we would not buy it from them on the Sabbath, or on a holy day; and we would forego the j seventh year's produce and the k exacting 2 of every debt.

32 Also we made ordinances for ourselves, to exact from ourselves yearly l one-third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God: 33 for m the showbread, for the regular grain offering, for the n regular burnt offering of the Sabbaths, the New Moons, and the set feasts; for the holy things, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and all the work of the house of our God. 34 We cast lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, o for bringing the wood offering into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at the appointed times year by year, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God p as it is written in the Law. 35 And we made ordinances q to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, to the house of the LORD; 36 to bring the r firstborn of our sons and our cattle, as it is written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and our flocks, to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God; 37 s to bring the firstfruits of our dough, our offerings, the fruit from all kinds of trees, the new wine and oil, to the priests, to the storerooms of the 3 house of our God; and to bring t the tithes of our land to the Levites, for the Levites should receive the tithes in all our farming communities. 38 And the priest, the descendant of Aaron, shall be with the Levites u when the Levites receive tithes; and the Levites shall bring up a tenth of the tithes to the house of our God, to v the rooms of the storehouse. 39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi w shall bring the offering of the grain, of the new wine and the oil, to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are, where the priests who minister and the gatekeepers x and the singers are; and we will not y neglect the house of our God.

  1. Cross References
    Ezra 2:36 - 43
    The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.
  2. Cross References
    Ezra 9:1
    When these things were done, the leaders came to me, saying, "The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, with respect to the abominations of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
    Nehemiah 13:3
    So it was, when they had heard the Law, that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel.
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 29:12
    That you may enter into covenant with the LORD your God, and into His oath, which the LORD your God makes with you today.
    Nehemiah 5:12
    So they said, "We will restore it, and will require nothing from them; we will do as you say." Then I called the priests, and required an oath from them that they would do according to this promise.
    Psalms 119:106
    I have sworn and confirmed That I will keep Your righteous judgments.
  4. Cross References
    2 Kings 23:3
    Then the king stood by a pillar and made a covenant before the LORD, to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people took a stand for the covenant.
    2 Chronicles 34:31
    Then the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the LORD, to follow the LORD, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 34:16
    And you take of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters play the harlot with their gods and make your sons play the harlot with their gods.
    Deuteronomy 7:3
    Nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son.
    Ezra 9:12
    'Now therefore, do not give your daughters as wives for their sons, nor take their daughters to your sons; and never seek their peace or prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land, and leave it as an inheritance to your children forever.'
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 20:10
    But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates.
    Leviticus 23:3
    Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
    Deuteronomy 5:12
    Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD your God commanded you.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 23:10
    Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce.
    Exodus 23:11
    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 beasts of the field may eat. In like manner you shall do with your vineyard and your olive grove.
    Leviticus 25:4
    But in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath to the LORD. You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard.
    Jeremiah 34:14
    At the end of seven years let every man set free his Hebrew brother, who has been sold to him; and when he has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you." But your fathers did not obey Me nor incline their ear.
  8. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 15:1
    At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release of debts.
    Deuteronomy 15:2
    And this is the form of the release: Every creditor who has lent anything to his neighbor shall release it; he shall not require it of his neighbor or his brother, because it is called the LORD's release.
    Nehemiah 5:12
    So they said, "We will restore it, and will require nothing from them; we will do as you say." Then I called the priests, and required an oath from them that they would do according to this promise.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 30:11 - 16
    Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
    Exodus 38:25
    And the silver from those who were numbered of ...
    Exodus 38:26
    A bekah for each man ( that is, half a shekel, ...
    2 Chronicles 24:6
    So the king called Jehoiada the chief priest, a...
    2 Chronicles 24:9
    And they made a proclamation throughout Judah a...
    Matthew 17:24
    When they had come to Capernaum, those who rece...
  10. Cross References
    Leviticus 24:5
    And you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it. Two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake.
    2 Chronicles 2:4
    Behold, I am building a temple for the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to Him, to burn before Him sweet incense, for the continual showbread, for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, on the New Moons, and on the set feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.
  11. Cross References
    Numbers 28:1
    Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying.
    Numbers 29:1
    And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work. For you it is a day of blowing the trumpets.
  12. Cross References
    Nehemiah 13:31
    And to bringing the wood offering and the firstfruits at appointed times. Remember me, O my God, for good!
    Isaiah 40:16
    And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt offering.
  13. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:12
    And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be put out. And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order on it; and he shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.
  14. Cross References
    Exodus 23:19
    The first of the firstfruits of your land you s...
    Exodus 34:26
    "The first of the firstfruits of your land you ...
    Leviticus 19:23
    When you come into the land, and have planted a...
    Numbers 18:12
    All the best of the oil, all the best of the ne...
    Deuteronomy 26:1
    And it shall be, when you come into the land wh...
    Deuteronomy 26:2
    That you shall take some of the first of all th...
  15. Cross References
    Exodus 13:2
    "Consecrate to Me all the firstborn, whatever o...
    Exodus 13:12
    That you shall set apart to the LORD all that o...
    Exodus 13:13
    But every firstborn of a donkey you shall redee...
    Leviticus 27:26
    But the firstborn of the animals, which should ...
    Leviticus 27:27
    And if it is an unclean animal, then he shall r...
    Numbers 18:15
    Everything that first opens the womb of all fle...
    Numbers 18:16
    And those redeemed of the devoted things you sh...
  16. Cross References
    Leviticus 23:17
    You shall bring from your dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven. They are the firstfruits to the LORD.
    Numbers 15:19
    Then it will be, when you eat of the bread of the land, that you shall offer up a heave offering to the LORD.
    Numbers 18:12
    All the best of the oil, all the best of the new wine and the grain, their firstfruits which they offer to the LORD, I have given them to you.
    Deuteronomy 18:4
    The firstfruits of your grain and your new wine and your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.
    Deuteronomy 26:2
    That you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground, which you shall bring from your land that the LORD your God is giving you, and put it in a basket and go to the place where the LORD your God chooses to make His name abide.
  17. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:30
    And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's. It is holy to the LORD.
    Numbers 18:21
    Behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work which they perform, the work of the tabernacle of meeting.
    Malachi 3:10
    Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this," Says the LORD of hosts, "If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.
  18. Cross References
    Numbers 18:26
    Speak thus to the Levites, and say to them: 'When you take from the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them as your inheritance, then you shall offer up a heave offering of it to the LORD, a tenth of the tithe.
  19. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 9:26
    For in this trusted office were four chief gatekeepers; they were Levites. And they had charge over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
    2 Chronicles 31:11
    Now Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms in the house of the LORD, and they prepared them.
  20. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 12:6
    There you shall take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, your vowed offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
    Deuteronomy 12:11
    Then there will be the place where the LORD your God chooses to make His name abide. There you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, and all your choice offerings which you vow to the LORD.
    2 Chronicles 31:12
    Then they faithfully brought in the offerings, the tithes, and the dedicated things; Cononiah the Levite had charge of them, and Shimei his brother was the next.
    Nehemiah 13:12
    Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the oil to the storehouse.
  21. Cross References
    Nehemiah 13:10
    I also realized that the portions for the Levites had not been given them; for each of the Levites and the singers who did the work had gone back to his field.
    Nehemiah 13:11
    So I contended with the rulers, and said, "Why is the house of God forsaken?" And I gathered them together and set them in their place.
  22. Cross References
    Hebrews 10:25
    Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
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