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  Nehemiah 10-11


10:1 Those who sealed it were
10:2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
10:3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malkijah,
10:4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
10:5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
10:6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
10:7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
10:8 Maaziah, Bilgai and Shemaiah. These were the priests.
10:9 The Levites
10:10 and their associates
10:11 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
10:12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
10:13 Hodiah, Bani and Beninu.
10:14 The leaders of the people
10:15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
10:16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
10:17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
10:18 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
10:19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
10:20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
10:21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
10:22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
10:23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
10:24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
10:25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
10:26 Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,
10:27 Malluch, Harim and Baanah.
10:28 "The rest of the people-- priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, 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--
10:29 all these now join their brothers 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 LORD our Lord.
10:30 "We promise not to give our daughters in marriage to the peoples around us or take their daughters for our sons.
10:31 "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.
10:32 "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
10:33 for the bread set out on the table; for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings; for the offerings on the Sabbaths, New Moon festivals and appointed feasts; for the holy offerings; for sin offerings to make atonement for Israel; and for all the duties of the house of our God.
10:34 "We-- the priests, the Levites and the people-- 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 LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.
10:35 "We also assume responsibility for bringing to the house of the LORD each year the firstfruits of our crops and of every fruit tree.
10:36 "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.
10:37 "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 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.
10:38 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.
10:39 The people of Israel, including the Levites, are to bring their contributions of grain, new wine and oil to the storerooms where the articles for the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers and the singers stay. "We will not neglect the house of our God."
11:1 Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the remaining nine were to stay in their own towns.
11:2 The people commended all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.
11:3 These are the provincial leaders who settled in Jerusalem (now some Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants and descendants of Solomon's servants lived in the towns of Judah, each on his own property in the various towns,
11:4 while other people from both Judah and Benjamin lived in Jerusalem)
11:5 and Maaseiah son of Baruch, the son of Col-Hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, a descendant of Shelah.
11:6 The descendants of Perez who lived in Jerusalem totaled 468 able men.
11:7 From the descendants of Benjamin
11:8 and his followers, Gabbai and Sallai-- 928 men.
11:9 Joel son of Zicri was their chief officer, and Judah son of Hassenuah was over the Second District of the city.
11:10 From the priests
11:11 Seraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, supervisor in the house of God,
11:12 and their associates, who carried on work for the temple-- 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,
11:13 and his associates, who were heads of families-- 242 men; Amashsai son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
11:14 and his associates, who were able men-- 128. Their chief officer was Zabdiel son of Haggedolim.
11:15 From the Levites
11:16 Shabbethai and Jozabad, two of the heads of the Levites, who had charge of the outside work of the house of God;
11:17 Mattaniah son of Mica, 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.
11:18 The Levites in the holy city totaled 284.
11:19 The gatekeepers
11:20 The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, each on his ancestral property.
11:21 The temple servants lived on the hill of Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of them.
11:22 The chief officer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. Uzzi was one of Asaph's descendants, who were the singers responsible for the service of the house of God.
11:23 The singers were under the king's orders, which regulated their daily activity.
11:24 Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, one of the descendants of Zerah son of Judah, was the king's agent in all affairs relating to the people.
11:25 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,
11:26 in Jeshua, in Moladah, in Beth Pelet,
11:27 in Hazar Shual, in Beersheba and its settlements,
11:28 in Ziklag, in Meconah and its settlements,
11:29 in En Rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth,
11:30 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.
11:31 The descendants of the Benjamites from Geba lived in Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its settlements,
11:32 in Anathoth, Nob and Ananiah,
11:33 in Hazor, Ramah and Gittaim,
11:34 in Hadid, Zeboim and Neballat,
11:35 in Lod and Ono, and in the Valley of the Craftsmen.
11:36 Some of the divisions of the Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin.

  Acts  4


4:1 The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were speaking to the people.
4:2 They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
4:3 They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day.
4:4 But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
4:5 The next day the rulers, elders and teachers of the law met in Jerusalem.
4:6 Annas the high priest was there, and so were Caiaphas, John, Alexander and the other men of the high priest's family.
4:7 They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them
4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them
4:9 If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a cripple and are asked how he was healed,
4:10 then know this, you and all the people of Israel
4:11 He is ""the stone you builders rejected, which has become the capstone."
4:12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."
4:13 When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.
4:14 But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say.
4:15 So they ordered them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.
4:16 "What are we going to do with these men?" they asked. "Everybody living in Jerusalem knows they have done an outstanding miracle, and we cannot deny it.
4:17 But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn these men to speak no longer to anyone in this name."
4:18 Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
4:19 But Peter and John replied, "Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God's sight to obey you rather than God.
4:20 For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard."
4:21 After further threats they let them go. They could not decide how to punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had happened.
4:22 For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.
4:23 On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.
4:24 When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. "Sovereign Lord," they said, "you made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.
4:25 You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David
4:26 The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against his Anointed One."
4:27 Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.
4:28 They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.
4:29 Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness.
4:30 Stretch out your hand to heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus."
4:31 After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
4:32 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had.
4:33 With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all.
4:34 There were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales
4:35 and put it at the apostles" feet, and it was distributed to anyone as he had need.
4:36 Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means Son of Encouragement),
4:37 sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the apostles" feet.