Nehemiah 10:32

We accept responsibility for fulfilling ¹  the commands to give ²  one third of a shekel each year for the work of the temple ³  of our God,

"We assume the responsibility for carrying out the commands to give a third of a shekel each year for the service of the house of our God:

We also placed ourselves under obligation to contribute yearly one third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:

"In addition, we promise to obey the command to pay the annual Temple tax of an eighth of an ounce of silver, so that there will be enough money to care for the Temple of our God.

We accept the responsibility for paying an annual tax of one-third of a shekel (about an eighth ounce) for providing The Temple of our God with

And we made rules for ourselves, taxing ourselves a third of a shekel every year for the upkeep of the house of our God;

We also lay on ourselves the obligation to charge ourselves yearly one-third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:

Also we made ordinances for ourselves, to exact from ourselves yearly one–third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:

We accept responsibility for fulfilling ¹  the commands to give ²  one third of a shekel each year for the work of the temple ³  of our God,

¹ tn Heb “cause to stand on us.”

² tc The MT reads “to give upon us.” However, the term עָלֵינוּ (’alenu, “upon us”) should probably be deleted, following a few medieval Hebrew MSS, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Vulgate.

³ tn Heb “house” (also in vv. 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39).