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Nehemiah 10:33

for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The returned exiles, organized under Nehemiah's leadership, formally pledge a yearly tax to sustain temple operations after hearing the Law read publicly. This vow is recorded as a binding covenant signed by the community's leaders, priests, and Levites.

The words — The phrase לֶ֣חֶם הַֽ/מַּעֲרֶ֡כֶת (le./Le.chem ha./ma.'a.Re.khet) literally means "bread of the row," identifying the consecrated showbread. The repeated term תָּמִיד (ta.Mid) specifies the continual or regular schedule required for both the grain and burnt offerings.

The thread — This list mirrors the exact sacrificial calendar mandated in Leviticus 23–24 and Numbers 28–29, where God establishes the daily and festival rhythms for Israel. The text directly recalls the showbread instructions in Leviticus 24:5 and the daily burnt offering command in Numbers 28:1.

Why it lands — The verse requires the community to financially sustain every component of temple worship, from daily sacrifices to appointed feasts. It demands that readers accept collective, systematic provision as the necessary foundation for maintaining covenant obligations.

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The Hebrew words

לְלֶ֣חֶםle./Le.chemfor/ [the] bread ofהַֽמַּעֲרֶ֡כֶתha./ma.'a.Re.khetthe/ rowוּמִנְחַ֣תu./min.Chatand/ [the] grain offering ofהַתָּמִ֣ידha./ta.Mid<the>/ regularityוּלְעוֹלַ֣תu./le./'o.Latand/ for/ [the] burnt offering ofהַ֠תָּמִידHa./ta.mid<the>/ regularityהַשַּׁבָּת֨וֹתha./sha.ba.Totthe/ sabbathsהֶחֳדָשִׁ֜יםhe./cho.da.Shimthe/ new moonsלַמּוֹעֲדִ֗יםla./mo.'a.Dimfor the/ appointed feastsוְלַקֳּדָשִׁים֙ve./la./ko.da.Shimand/ for the/ holy offeringsוְלַ֣חַטָּא֔וֹתve./La./cha.ta.'otand/ for the/ sin offeringsלְכַפֵּ֖רle./kha.Perto/ make atonementעַל־'al-onיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelוְכֹ֖לve./Kholand/ allמְלֶ֥אכֶתme.Le.khet[the] work ofבֵּית־beit-[the] house ofאֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ ס'e.lo.Hei./nuGod/ our

King James Version

For 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.

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