Nehemiah 10:34 BSB — MannaFest

Nehemiah 10:34

We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.

BSB

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ASV

And we cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood-offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers’ houses, at times appointed, year by year, to burn upon the altar of Jehovah our God, as it is written in the law;

KJV

And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law:

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Cast the lots - for the wood-offering - There does not appear to have been any wood-offering under the law. It was the business of the Nethinim to procure this; and hence they were called hewers of wood and drawers of water to the congregation.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

When Israel was first brought into covenant with God it was done by sacrifice and the sprinkling of blood, Exod. xxiv. But here it was done by the more natural and common way of sealing and subscribing the written articles of the covenant, which bound them to no more than was already their duty.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהַגּוֹרָל֨וֹת	ve.ha.go.ra.Lot	and the lots	H1486 →
הִפַּ֜לְנוּ	hi.Pal.nu	we have cast	H5307 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
קֻרְבַּ֣ן	kur.Ban	[the] offering of	H7133 →
הָעֵצִ֗ים	ha.'e.Tzim	the wood<s>	H6086 →
הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים	ha.ko.ha.Nim	the priests	H3548 →
הַלְוִיִּם֮	hal.vi.Yim	the Levites	H3881 →
וְהָעָם֒	ve.ha.'Am	and the people	H5971 →
לְ֠הָבִיא	Le.ha.vi'	to bring [it]	H935 →
לְבֵ֨ית	le.Veit	to [the] house of	H1004 →
אֱלֹהֵ֧ינוּ	'e.lo.Hei.nu	God our	H430 →
לְבֵית־	le.veit-	to [the] house of	H1004 →
אֲבֹתֵ֛ינוּ	'a.vo.Tei.nu	ancestors our	H1 →
לְעִתִּ֥ים	le.'i.Tim	to times	H6256 →
מְזֻמָּנִ֖ים	me.zu.ma.Nim	appointed	H2163 →
שָׁנָ֣ה	sha.Nah	a year	H8141 →
בְשָׁנָ֑ה	ve.sha.Nah	in a year	H8141 →
לְבַעֵ֗ר	le.va.'Er	to burn [it]	H1197 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
מִזְבַּח֙	miz.Bach	[the] altar	H4196 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ	'e.lo.Hei.nu	God our	H430 →
כַּכָּת֖וּב	ka.ka.Tuv	according to <the> [what] is written	H3789 →
בַּתּוֹרָֽה׃	ba.to.Rah	in the law	H8451 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Nehemiah 13:31
I also arranged for contributions of wood at the appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, with favor.
leads to
- Nehemiah 13:14
  Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.
- Nehemiah 13:22
  Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according…
- Psalms 106:4
  Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
- Psalms 26:8–9
  O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
Through
Isaiah 40:16
Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.
leads to
- Micah 6:6–7
  With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
- Psalms 40:6
  Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
- Psalms 50:9–12
  I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
Through
1 Chronicles 24:7
The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
leads to
- Ezra 2:36
  The priests: The descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Nehemiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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About Nehemiah