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   <div class="book bkDEU">
      <div class="chapter ch27" data-usfm="DEU.27">
         <div class="label">27</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Altar on Mount Ebal</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DEU.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: &#8220;Keep all these commands that I give you today. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DEU.27.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When you have crossed the Jordan into the land the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DEU.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of your ancestors, promised you. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DEU.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And when you have crossed the Jordan, set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I command you today, and coat them with plaster. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DEU.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Build there an altar to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God, an altar of stones. Do not use any iron tool on them. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DEU.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Build the altar of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God with fieldstones and offer burnt offerings on it to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DEU.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Sacrifice fellowship offerings there, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DEU.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And you shall write very clearly all the words of this law on these stones you have set up.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Curses From Mount Ebal</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DEU.27.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DEU.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, &#8220;Be silent, Israel, and listen! You have now become the people of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DEU.27.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Obey the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God and follow his commands and decrees that I give you today.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DEU.27.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DEU.27.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">On the same day Moses commanded the people:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DEU.27.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DEU.27.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="DEU.27.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to pronounce curses: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="DEU.27.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DEU.27.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The Levites shall recite to all the people of Israel in a loud voice:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DEU.27.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DEU.27.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who makes an idol&#8212;a thing detestable to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the work of skilled hands&#8212;and sets it up in secret.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DEU.27.15"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DEU.27.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DEU.27.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who dishonors their father or mother.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DEU.27.16"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DEU.27.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DEU.27.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who moves their neighbor&#8217;s boundary stone.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DEU.27.17"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DEU.27.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DEU.27.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who leads the blind astray on the road.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DEU.27.18"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DEU.27.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DEU.27.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DEU.27.19"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DEU.27.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DEU.27.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father&#8217;s wife, for he dishonors his father&#8217;s bed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DEU.27.20"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DEU.27.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="DEU.27.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with any animal.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="DEU.27.21"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="DEU.27.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DEU.27.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DEU.27.22"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DEU.27.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DEU.27.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DEU.27.23"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DEU.27.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DEU.27.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who kills their neighbor secretly.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DEU.27.24"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DEU.27.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DEU.27.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DEU.27.25"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DEU.27.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DEU.27.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pmr"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DEU.27.26"><span class="content">Then all the people shall say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bk1CH">
      <div class="chapter ch28" data-usfm="1CH.28">
         <div class="label">28</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David&#8217;s Plans for the Temple</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.28.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">David summoned all the officials of Israel to assemble at Jerusalem: the officers over the tribes, the commanders of the divisions in the service of the king, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, together with the palace officials, the warriors and all the brave fighting men.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.28.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.28.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">King David rose to his feet and said: &#8220;Listen to me, my fellow Israelites, my people. I had it in my heart to build a house as a place of rest for the ark of the covenant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for the footstool of our God, and I made plans to build it. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.28.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But God said to me, &#8216;You are not to build a house for my Name, because you are a warrior and have shed blood.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.28.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.28.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yet the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, chose me from my whole family to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah as leader, and from the tribe of Judah he chose my family, and from my father&#8217;s sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.28.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Of all my sons&#8212;and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has given me many&#8212;he has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> over Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.28.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He said to me: &#8216;Solomon your son is the one who will build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.28.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will establish his kingdom forever if he is unswerving in carrying out my commands and laws, as is being done at this time.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.28.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.28.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;So now I charge you in the sight of all Israel and of the assembly of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and in the hearing of our God: Be careful to follow all the commands of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God, that you may possess this good land and pass it on as an inheritance to your descendants forever.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.28.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.28.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.28.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Consider now, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary. Be strong and do the work.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.28.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.28.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, its storerooms, its upper parts, its inner rooms and the place of atonement. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.28.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He gave him the plans of all that the Spirit had put in his mind for the courts of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the temple of God and for the treasuries for the dedicated things. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.28.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He gave him instructions for the divisions of the priests and Levites, and for all the work of serving in the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, as well as for all the articles to be used in its service. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.28.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He designated the weight of gold for all the gold articles to be used in various kinds of service, and the weight of silver for all the silver articles to be used in various kinds of service: </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CH.28.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">the weight of gold for the gold lampstands and their lamps, with the weight for each lampstand and its lamps; and the weight of silver for each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CH.28.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">the weight of gold for each table for consecrated bread; the weight of silver for the silver tables; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CH.28.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">the weight of pure gold for the forks, sprinkling bowls and pitchers; the weight of gold for each gold dish; the weight of silver for each silver dish; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.28.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and the weight of the refined gold for the altar of incense. He also gave him the plan for the chariot, that is, the cherubim of gold that spread their wings and overshadow the ark of the covenant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CH.28.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.28.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;All this,&#8221; David said, &#8220;I have in writing as a result of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s hand on me, and he enabled me to understand all the details of the plan.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CH.28.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CH.28.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">David also said to Solomon his son, &#8220;Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is finished. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CH.28.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The divisions of the priests and Levites are ready for all the work on the temple of God, and every willing person skilled in any craft will help you in all the work. The officials and all the people will obey your every command.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch10" data-usfm="NEH.10">
         <div class="label">10</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 10:1-39 is numbered 10:2-40. </span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NEH.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Those who sealed it were:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NEH.10.1"><span class="content">Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NEH.10.1"><span class="content">Zedekiah, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NEH.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NEH.10.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NEH.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Pashhur, Amariah, Malkijah,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NEH.10.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NEH.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluk,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NEH.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NEH.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NEH.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NEH.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NEH.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NEH.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NEH.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NEH.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Maaziah, Bilgai and Shemaiah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NEH.10.8"><span class="content">These were the priests.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NEH.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NEH.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The Levites:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NEH.10.9"><span class="content">Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NEH.10.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NEH.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and their associates: Shebaniah,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NEH.10.10"><span class="content">Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NEH.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NEH.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Mika, Rehob, Hashabiah,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NEH.10.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NEH.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Zakkur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NEH.10.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NEH.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Hodiah, Bani and Beninu.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NEH.10.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NEH.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The leaders of the people:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NEH.10.14"><span class="content">Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NEH.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NEH.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NEH.10.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NEH.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NEH.10.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NEH.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NEH.10.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NEH.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NEH.10.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NEH.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NEH.10.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NEH.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NEH.10.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NEH.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NEH.10.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NEH.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NEH.10.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NEH.10.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NEH.10.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NEH.10.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NEH.10.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NEH.10.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NEH.10.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NEH.10.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NEH.10.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NEH.10.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Malluk, Harim and Baanah.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NEH.10.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NEH.10.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;The rest of the people&#8212;priests, Levites, gatekeepers, musicians, temple servants and all who separated themselves from the neighboring peoples for the sake of the Law of God, together with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NEH.10.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">all these now join their fellow Israelites the nobles, and bind themselves with a curse and an oath to follow the Law of God given through Moses the servant of God and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations and decrees of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our Lord.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NEH.10.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NEH.10.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;We promise not to give our daughters in marriage to the peoples around us or take their daughters for our sons.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NEH.10.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NEH.10.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;When the neighboring peoples bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. Every seventh year we will forgo working the land and will cancel all debts.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NEH.10.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NEH.10.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;We assume the responsibility for carrying out the commands to give a third of a shekel</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:32 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1/8 ounce or about 4 grams</span></span></span><span class="content"> each year for the service of the house of our God: </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NEH.10.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">for the bread set out on the table; for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings; for the offerings on the Sabbaths, at the New Moon feasts and at the appointed festivals; for the holy offerings; for sin offerings</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:33 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">purification offerings</span></span></span><span class="content"> to make atonement for Israel; and for all the duties of the house of our God.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NEH.10.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NEH.10.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;We&#8212;the priests, the Levites and the people&#8212;have cast lots to determine when each of our families is to bring to the house of our God at set times each year a contribution of wood to burn on the altar of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God, as it is written in the Law.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NEH.10.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NEH.10.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">&#8220;We also assume responsibility for bringing to the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> each year the firstfruits of our crops and of every fruit tree.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NEH.10.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NEH.10.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">&#8220;As it is also written in the Law, we will bring the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, of our herds and of our flocks to the house of our God, to the priests ministering there.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NEH.10.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NEH.10.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">&#8220;Moreover, we will bring to the storerooms of the house of our God, to the priests, the first of our ground meal, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees and of our new wine and olive oil. And we will bring a tithe of our crops to the Levites, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all the towns where we work. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NEH.10.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">A priest descended from Aaron is to accompany the Levites when they receive the tithes, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of the tithes up to the house of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NEH.10.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">The people of Israel, including the Levites, are to bring their contributions of grain, new wine and olive oil to the storerooms, where the articles for the sanctuary and for the ministering priests, the gatekeepers and the musicians are also kept.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NEH.10.39"><span class="content">&#8220;We will not neglect the house of our God.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The New Residents of Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NEH.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem. The rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten of them to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the remaining nine were to stay in their own towns. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NEH.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The people commended all who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NEH.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NEH.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">These are the provincial leaders who settled in Jerusalem (now some Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants and descendants of Solomon&#8217;s servants lived in the towns of Judah, each on their own property in the various towns, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NEH.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">while other people from both Judah and Benjamin lived in Jerusalem):</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NEH.11.4"><span class="content">From the descendants of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="mi"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NEH.11.4"><span class="content">Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, a descendant of Perez; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NEH.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and Maaseiah son of Baruch, the son of Kol-Hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, a descendant of Shelah. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NEH.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The descendants of Perez who lived in Jerusalem totaled 468 men of standing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NEH.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NEH.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Benjamin:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="mi"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NEH.11.7"><span class="content">Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NEH.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">and his followers, Gabbai and Sallai&#8212;928 men. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NEH.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Joel son of Zikri was their chief officer, and Judah son of Hassenuah was over the New Quarter of the city.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NEH.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NEH.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">From the priests:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="mi"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NEH.11.10"><span class="content">Jedaiah; the son of Joiarib; Jakin; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NEH.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Seraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the official in charge of the house of God, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NEH.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">and their associates, who carried on work for the temple&#8212;822 men; Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malkijah, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NEH.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">and his associates, who were heads of families&#8212;242 men; Amashsai son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NEH.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">and his</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:14 </span><span class="ft">Most Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">their</span></span></span><span class="content"> associates, who were men of standing&#8212;128. Their chief officer was Zabdiel son of Haggedolim.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NEH.11.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NEH.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">From the Levites:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="mi"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NEH.11.15"><span class="content">Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NEH.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Shabbethai and Jozabad, two of the heads of the Levites, who had charge of the outside work of the house of God; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NEH.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Mattaniah son of Mika, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the director who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NEH.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The Levites in the holy city totaled 284.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NEH.11.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NEH.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The gatekeepers:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="mi"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NEH.11.19"><span class="content">Akkub, Talmon and their associates, who kept watch at the gates&#8212;172 men.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NEH.11.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NEH.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, each on their ancestral property.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NEH.11.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NEH.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The temple servants lived on the hill of Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NEH.11.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NEH.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The chief officer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mika. Uzzi was one of Asaph&#8217;s descendants, who were the musicians responsible for the service of the house of God. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NEH.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The musicians were under the king&#8217;s orders, which regulated their daily activity.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NEH.11.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NEH.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, one of the descendants of Zerah son of Judah, was the king&#8217;s agent in all affairs relating to the people.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NEH.11.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NEH.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its surrounding settlements, in Dibon and its settlements, in Jekabzeel and its villages, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NEH.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">in Jeshua, in Moladah, in Beth Pelet, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NEH.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">in Hazar Shual, in Beersheba and its settlements, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NEH.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">in Ziklag, in Mekonah and its settlements, </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NEH.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">in En Rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NEH.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Zanoah, Adullam and their villages, in Lachish and its fields, and in Azekah and its settlements. So they were living all the way from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NEH.11.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NEH.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The descendants of the Benjamites from Geba lived in Mikmash, Aija, Bethel and its settlements, </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NEH.11.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">in Anathoth, Nob and Ananiah, </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NEH.11.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">in Hazor, Ramah and Gittaim, </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NEH.11.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">in Hadid, Zeboim and Neballat, </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NEH.11.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">in Lod and Ono, and in Ge Harashim.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NEH.11.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NEH.11.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Some of the divisions of the Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin.</span></span></div>
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