Nehemiah 10:32
“Also 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;”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
For the shewbread,.... To defray the expenses of the twelve loaves, which every week were set on the table of shewbread,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The third part of a sheckel - This appears to have been the first occasion on which an annual payment toward the…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel - According to the law, every one above twenty years of age was…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Nehemiah 10:32-39
Having covenanted against the sins they had been guilty of, they proceed in obliging themselves to revive and observe…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
A poll-tax of ⅓ of a shekel imposed for the maintenance of the service of the Temple
32. we made ordinances for us The…
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