Nehemiah 10:33
What does Nehemiah 10:33 mean?
A plain-English look at Nehemiah 10:33 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Nehemiah 10:33 means
They designate the annual contribution for specific temple functions: the showbread, continual meal and burnt offerings, Sabbaths, new moons, set feasts, holy things, and sin-offerings to make atonement for Israel, as well as all the work of the house of our God. This is a comprehensive plan to maintain the entire cycle of worship and atonement. It recognizes that Israel’s fellowship with God rests on His appointed means. In light of the New Testament, these sacrificial systems foreshadow Christ’s once-for-all atonement.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000for the showbread, and for the continual meal-offering, and for the continual burnt-offering, for the sabbaths, for the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin-offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901for the showbread, and for the continual meal-offering, and for the continual burnt-offering, for the sabbaths, for the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin-offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For the holy bread, and for the regular meal offering and the regular burned offering on the Sabbaths and at the new moon and the fixed feasts, and for the sin-offerings to take away the sin of Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862for bread of the arrangement, and the continual present, and the continual burnt-offering of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for appointed seasons, and for holy things, and for sin-offerings, to make atonement for Israel, even all the work of the house of our God.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For 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.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890for the bread to be set in rows, and for the continual oblation, and for the continual burnt-offering, [for that] of the sabbaths [and] of the new moons, for the set feasts and for the holy [things], and for the sin-offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and [for] all the work of the house of ourGod.
Context
This verse details what the third part of a shekel supports—ongoing offerings and sacred observances. It naturally follows the financial ordinance in verse 32 and anticipates further provisions involving wood, firstfruits, and tithes. The chapter is constructing a reliable framework to sustain worship throughout the year. By naming offerings and atonement, it connects financial commitment to spiritual realities at the heart of Israel’s life with God.
v.32Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
v.33This passage
v.34And 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;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 24:5
And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year; and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.
- Leviticus 24:5
And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.
- Numbers 28:1
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
- 2 Chronicles 2:4
Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
- Hebrews 10:11
And every priest indeed standeth day by day ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, the which can never take away sins:
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