Verse 32
PROVISION FOR THE TEMPLE SERVICE, Nehemiah 10:32-39.
Having entered into a solemn covenant to keep the law, it was necessary that the people make provision for the support and regular observance of the holy service at the house of God. Such arrangements were accordingly made without delay.
32. We made ordinances Laws, rules, regulations. Nehemiah writes in the name of the whole community.
The third part of a shekel About eighteen cents, the silver shekel being valued at fifty-three cents. This was according to the law which ordained that half a shekel should be annually paid for the support of the holy service by every man twenty years old and upwards. See Exodus 30:13-16. In view of the poverty of the people, it was now lowered to one third of a shekel, but later it was raised again to a half shekel. Matthew 17:24.
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