¶ Now those that sealed¹ were, Nehemiah², the Tirshatha³, the son of Hachaliah⁴, and Zidkijah,

Seraiah⁵, Azariah, Jeremiah,

Pashur⁶, Amariah⁷, Malchijah⁸,

Hattush¹⁰, Shebaniah¹¹, Malluch¹²,

Harim¹³, Meremoth¹⁴, Obadiah,

Daniel, Ginnethon¹⁵, Baruch,

Meshullam¹⁷, Abijah¹⁸, Mijamin¹⁹,

Maaziah, Bilgai²², Shemaiah: these were the priests.

And the Levites: both Jeshua²⁴ the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad²⁵, Kadmiel;

¶ And their brethren, Shebaniah²⁶, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah²⁷,

Zaccur, Sherebiah²⁸, Shebaniah,

Hodijah, Bani, Beninu²⁹.

The chief of the people; Parosh³⁰, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani³²,

Bunni, Azgad³⁴, Bebai,

Adonijah, Bigvai³⁵, Adin,

Ater³⁶, Hizkijah³⁷, Azzur³⁹,

Hodijah, Hashum⁴¹, Bezai,

Hariph⁴², Anathoth⁴³, Nebai⁴⁴,

¶ Magpiash⁴⁵, Meshullam, Hezir,

Meshezabeel⁴⁶, Zadok, Jaddua,

Pelatiah⁴⁷, Hanan, Anaiah,

Hoshea⁴⁸, Hananiah, Hashub,

Hallohesh⁴⁹, Pileha⁵⁰, Shobek⁵¹,

⁵²Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

And Ahijah⁵³, Hanan⁵⁴, Anan⁵⁵,

Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

And the rest⁵⁶ of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they⁵⁷ that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law⁵⁸ of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one⁵⁹ having knowledge, and having understanding;

They clave⁶⁰ to their brethren, their nobles, and entered⁶¹ into a curse, and into an oath, to walk⁶² in God's law, which was given⁶³ by⁶⁴ Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD⁶⁵ our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

¶⁶⁶And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

And if the people⁶⁷ 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 day⁶⁸: and that we⁶⁹ would leave the seventh year, and the exaction⁷⁰ of every debt⁷¹.

¶ Also we made ordinances for us, to charge⁷² ourselves yearly with the third part⁷³ of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;

For the shewbread⁷⁴, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt⁷⁵ 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 work⁷⁶ of the house of our God.

And we cast⁷⁷ the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering⁷⁸, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times⁷⁹ appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written⁸⁰ in the law:

⁸¹And 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:

Also the firstborn⁸² 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, unto⁸³ the priests that minister in the house of our God:

And that we should bring the firstfruits⁸⁴ of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers⁸⁵ of the house of our God; and the tithes⁸⁶ of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites⁸⁷ take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe⁸⁸ of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house⁸⁹.

For the children⁹⁰ of Israel and the children⁹¹ 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 not⁹² forsake the house of our God.