Nehemiah 10:32
Good News Translation
Every year we will each contribute one-eighth of an ounce of silver to help pay the expenses of the Temple.

New Revised Standard Version
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:

Contemporary English Version
Once a year we will each donate a small amount of silver to the temple of our God.

New American Bible
We impose these commandments on ourselves: to give a third of a shekel each year for the service of the house of our God,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And we made ordinances for ourselves, to give the third part of a sicle every year for the work of the house of our God,

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And we made ordinances for ourselves, to give the third part of a sicle every year for the work of the house of our God,

to charge.

Genesis 28:22 And this stone, which I have set up for a title, shall be called the house of God: and of all things that thou shalt give to me, I will offer tithes to thee.

Proverbs 3:9 And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine.

the third part.

Exodus 30:11-16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: . . .

Matthew 17:24-27 He said: Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying: What is thy opinion, Simon? The kings of the earth, of whom do they receive tribute or custom, of their own children, or of strangers? . . .

2 Corinthians 8:12 For if the will be forward, it is accepted according to that which a man hath: not according to that which he hath not.

Context
The Vows of the Covenant
31And if the people of the land bring in things to sell, or any things for use, to sell them on the sabbath day, that we would not buy them on the sabbath, or on the holy day. And that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every hand. 32And we made ordinances for ourselves, to give the third part of a sicle every year for the work of the house of our God,33For the loaves of proposition, and for the continual sacrifice, and for a continual holocaust on the sabbaths, on the new moons, on the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offering: that atonement might be made for Israel, and for every use of the house of our God.…
Cross References
Matthew 17:24
He said: Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying: What is thy opinion, Simon? The kings of the earth, of whom do they receive tribute or custom, of their own children, or of strangers?

Exodus 30:11
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Nehemiah 10:31
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