The names of the subscribers to the covenant, and the contents of it.
Manie, in name of al, subscribe to the couenant made with God. 30. Namely not to marrie with strangers, 31. to keepe the Sabbath day, and the seuenth yeare. 32. To pay oblations, 35. First fruites, 38. and Tithes.
1And the subscribers were Nehemias, Athersatha the son of Hachelai, and Sedecias,Quei, che sottoscrissero furono Nehemia Athersatha, figliuolo di Hachelai, e Sedecia,AND the subscribers were Nehemias, Athersatha the sonne of Hachelai, and Sedecias,Signatores autem fuerunt Nehemias, Athersatha filius Hachelai, et Sedecias, 2Saraias, Azarias, Jeremias,Saraia, Azaria, Jeremia,Saraias, Azarias, Ieremias,Saraias, Azarias, Jeremias, 3Pheshur, Amarias, Melchias,Pheshur, Amaria, Melchia,Pheshur, Amarias, Melchias,Pheshur, Amarias, Melchias, 4Hattus, Sebenia, Melluch,Hattus, Sebenia, Melluch,Hattus, Sebenia, Melluch,Hattus, Sebenia, Melluch, 5Harem, Merimuth, Obdias,Harem, Merimuth, Obdia,Harem, Merimuth, Obdias,Harem, Merimuth, Obdias, 6Daniel, Genthon, Baruch,Daniel, Genthon, Baruch,Daniel, Genthon, Baruch,Daniel, Genthon, Baruch, 7Mosollam, Abia, Miamin,Mosollam, Abia, Miamin,Mosollam, Abia, Miamin,Mosollam, Abia, Miamin, 8Maazia, Belgia, Semeia: these were priests.Maazia, Belgai, Semeia: questi eran sacerdoti.Maazia, Belgai, Semeia: these were Priestes.Maazia, Belgai, Semeia: hi sacerdotes. 9And the Levites, Josue the son of Azanias, Bennui of the sons of Henadad, Cedmihel,Leviti, Josuè figliuolo di Azania, Bennui de' figliuoli di Henadad, Cedmihel.Moreouer Leuites, Iosue the sonne of Azanias, Bennui of the children of Henadad, Cedmihel,Porro Levitæ, Josue filius Azaniæ, Bennui de filiis Henadad, Cedmihel, 10And their brethren, Sebenia, Oduia, Celita, Phalaia, Hanan,E i loro fratelli Sebenia, Hodaia, Celila, Phalaia, Hanan,And their bretheren, Sebenia, Odaia, Celita, Phalaia, Hanan,et fratres eorum, Sebenia, Odaia, Celita, Phalaia, Hanan, 11Micha, Rohob, Hasebia,Micha, Rohob, Hasebia,Micha, Rohob, Hasebia,Micha, Rohob, Hasebia, 12Zachur, Serebia, Sabania,Zachur, Serebia, Sabania,Zachur, Serebia, Sabania,Zachur, Serebia, Sabania, 13Odaia, Bani, Baninu.Odaia, Bani, Baninu.Odaia, Bani, Baninu.Odaia, Bani, Baninu. 14The heads of the people, Pharos, Phahath Moab, Elam, Zethu, Bani,Capi del popolo, Pharos, Phahath-moab, Elam, Zethu, Bani,The heades of the people, Pharos, Phahathmoab, Aelam, Zethu, Bani,Capita populi, Pharos, Phahathmoab, Ælam, Zethu, Bani, 15Bonni, Azgad, Bebai,Bonni, Azgad, Bebai,Bonni, Azgad, Bebai.Bonni, Azgad, Bebai, 16Adonia, Begoai, Adin,Adonia, Begoai, Adin,Adonia, Begoai, Adin,Adonia, Begoai, Adin, 17Ater, Hezecia, Azur,Ater, Hezecia, Azur,Ater, Hezecia, Azur,Ater, Hezecia, Azur, 18Odaia, Hasum, Besai,Odaia, Hasum, Besai,Odaia, Hasum, Besai,Odaia, Hasum, Besai, 19Hareph, Anathoth, Nebai,Hareph, Anathoth, Nebai,Hareph, Anathoth, Nebai.Hareph, Anathoth, Nebai, 20Megphias, Mosollam, Hazir,Megphia, Mosollam, Hazir,Megphias, Mosollam, Hazir,Megphias, Mosollam, Hazir, 21Mesizabel, Sadoc, Jeddua,Mesizabel, Sadoc, Jeddua,Mezsibel, Sadoc Iedua.Mesizabel, Sadoc, Jeddua, 22Pheltia, Hanan, Anaia,Pheltia, Hanan, Anaia,Pheltia, Hanan, AnaiPheltia, Hanan, Anaia, 23Osee, Hanania, Hasub,Osee, Hanania, Hasub,Osee, Hanania, Hasub,Osee, Hanania, Hasub, 24Alohes, Phalea, Sobec,Alohes, Phalea, Sobec,Alohes, Phalea, Sobec,Alohes, Phalea, Sobec, 25Rehum, Hasebna, Maasia,Rheum, Hasebna, Maasia,Rehum, Hasebna, Maasia,Rehum, Hasebna, Maasia, 26Echaia, Hanan, Anan,Echaia, Hanan, Anan,Echaia, Hanan, Anan,Echaia, Hanan, Anan, 27Melluch, Haran, Baana:Melluch, Hafan, Baana.Melluch, Haran, Baana:Melluch, Haran, Baana.
28And the rest of the people, priests, Levites, porters, and singing men, Nathinites, and all that had separated themselves from the people of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters.Per tutto il rimanente del popolo, pe' sacerdoti, Leviti, portinai, e cantori, Nathinei, e per tutti gli altri, i quali separandosi dalle altre nazioni erano venuti alla legge di Dio, pelle loro mogli, e figliuoli, e figliuole,And the rest of the people, Priestes, Leuites, Porteres, and singing men, Nathineites, and al that seperated themselues from the peoples of the landes to the law of God, their wiues, their sonnes, and their daughters.Et reliqui de populo, sacerdotes, Levitæ, janitores, et cantores, Nathinæi, et omnes qui se separaverunt de populis terrarum ad legem Dei, uxores eorum, filii eorum, et filiæ eorum, 29All that could understand, promising for their brethren, with their chief men, and they came to promise, and swear that they would walk in the law of God, which he gave in the hand of Moses the servant of God, that they would do and keep all the commandments of the Lord our God, and his judgments and his ceremonies.Tutti quelli, che eran capaci d'intendere, promettevano pe' loro fratelli, e i principali tra loro venivano a pro mettere, e giurare di camminar nella legge data da Dio per mezzo di Mosè servo di Dio, di adempire, e osservare tutti quanti i comandamenti del Signore Dio nostro, e li suoi precetti, e le cerimonie,Al that could vnderstand promising for their bretheren, their princes, and they that came to promise, and sweare that they would walke in the law of God, which he gaue in the hand of Moyses the seruant of God, that they would do & kepe al the cōmandments of the Lord our God, and his iudgementes and his ceremonies.omnes qui poterant sapere spondentes pro fratribus suis, optimates eorum, et qui veniebant ad pollicendum et jurandum ut ambularent in lege Dei, quam dederat in manu Moysi servi Dei: ut facerent et custodirent universa mandata Domini Dei nostri, et judicia ejus et cæremonias ejus: 30And that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons.E di non dare le nostre figliuole ad uomini d'altre nazioni, e di non fare sposare le loro figlie ai nostri figliuoli.And that we would not geue our daughters to the people of the land, and their daughters we would not take to our sōnes.et ut non daremus filias nostras populo terræ, et filias eorum non acciperemus filiis nostris. 31And if the people of the land bring in things to sell, or any things for use, to sell them on the sabbath day, that we would not buy them on the sabbath, or on the holy day. And that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every hand.Oltre a ciò venendo i Gentili a portare robbe da vendere, e qualunque sorta di merci ne' giorni di sabato, noi non ne compreremo da essi nel sabato, o in altro giorno santificato. E rispetteremo il settimo anno, e non esigeremo crediti di veruna sorta.The peoples of the land, which bring in things to sel, & al thinges to be vsed, to sel them on the Sabbath day, we wil not take it of them in the Sabbath, and in the sanctified day. And we wil let passe the seuenth yeare, and the exaction of euerie hand. And we wil ordayne preceptes vpon ourselues,Populi quoque terræ, qui important venalia, et omnia ad usum, per diem sabbati ut vendant, non accipiemus ab eis in sabbato et in die sanctificato. Et dimittemus annum septimum, et exactionem universæ manus.
32And we made ordinances for ourselves, to give the third part of a sicle every year for the work of the house of our God,E avremo per legge di dare ogni anno la terza parte di un siclo per servigio della casa del nostro Dio,to giue the third part of a sicle euerie yeare to the worke of the house of our God,Et statuemus super nos præcepta, ut demus tertiam partem sicli per annum ad opus domus Dei nostri, 33For 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.Pei pani della proposizione, pel sagrifizio perpetuo, pell'olocausto perpetuo de' sabati, delle calende, e delle feste solenni, pell'ostie pacifiche, e per lo peccato: affinchè Dio si plachi con Israele, e per tutte le bisogne della casa del nostro Dio.to the loaues of proposition, and to the continual sacrifice, and for a continual holocaust in the Sabbathes, in the Calendes, in the Solemnities, and in the sanctified, and for sinne: that propitiation may be made for Israel, and vnto al vse of the house of our God.ad panes propositionis, et ad sacrificium sempiternum, et in holocaustum sempiternum in sabbatis, in calendis, in solemnitatibus, et in sanctificatis, et pro peccato: ut exoretur pro Israël, et in omnem usum domus Dei nostri. 34And we cast lots among the priests, and the Levites, and the people for the offering of wood, that it might be brought into the house of our God by the houses of our fathers at set times, from year to year: to burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law of Moses:E parimente fissammo, tirando a sorte, la quantità delle legna, che dovean offerirsi da' Sacerdoti, da' Leviti, e dal popolo, ed essere portate alla casa del nostro Dio da ciascuna famiglia de' padri nostri anno per anno, affinchè bruciassero sull'altare del Signore Dio nostro, come nella legge di Mosè sta scritto.We therfore did cast lotes concerning the oblation of wood betwen the Priestes, and the Leuites, and the people, that it should be brought into the house of our God by the houses of our fathers at set times, from yeare to yeare: that it might burne vpon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law of Moyses:Sortes ergo misimus super oblationem lignorum inter sacerdotes, et Levitas, et populum, ut inferrentur in domum Dei nostri per domos patrum nostrorum, per tempora, a temporibus anni usque ad annum: ut arderent super altare Domini Dei nostri, sicut scriptum est in lege Moysi: 35And that we would bring the firstfruits of our land, and the firstfruits of all fruit of every tree, from year to year, in the house of our Lord.E promettemmo di portare ogni anno alla casa del nostro Dio le primizie della nostra terra, e le primizie di tutti i frutti d'ogni pianta:And that we would bring the first borne of our land, and the first fruites of al the fruite of euerie tree, from yeare to yeare, in the house of our Lord. and the first fruites of our sonnes,et ut afferremus primogenita terræ nostræ, et primitiva universi fructus omnis ligni, ab anno in annum, in domo Domini:
36And the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our oxen, and of our sheep, to be offered in the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God.E i primogeniti de' nostri figliuoli e del nostro bestiame, conforme sta scritto nella legge, e i primogeniti de' nostri buoi, e delle nostre pecore, per offerirli nella casa del nostro Dio ai sacerdoti, che sono di funzione nella casa del nostro Dio.and of our cattel, as it is written in the law, and the first fruites of our oxen, and of our sheepe, that they might be offered in the house of our God, to the Priestes which minister in the house of our God.et primitiva filiorum nostrorum et pecorum nostrorum, sicut sciptum est in lege, et primitiva boum nostrorum et ovium nostrarum, ut offerrentur in domo Dei nostri, sacerdotibus qui ministrant in domo Dei nostri: 37And that we would bring the firstfruits of our meats, and of our libations, and the fruit of every tree, of the vintage also and of oil to the priests, to the storehouse of our God, and the tithes of our ground to the Levites. The Levites also shall receive the tithes of our works out of all the cities.E le primizie de' nostri cibi, e di quel, che beviamo: e porteremo ai sacerdoti nel tesoro del nostro Dio frutti di tutte le piante, e delle vigne, e degli uliveti, e la decima della nostra terra ai Leviti, gli stessi Leviti riceveranno in tutte le città la decima delle nostre fatiche.And the first fruites of our meates, and of our libamentes, and the fruites of euerie tree, of vintage also and of oyle we wil bring to the Priestes, vnto the treasurie of our God, and the tenth part of our land to the Leuites. The Leuites themselues shal receiue the tithes out of al the cities of our works.et primitias ciborum nostrorum, et libaminum nostrorum, et poma omnis ligni, vindemiæ quoque et olei, afferemus sacerdotibus ad gazophylacium Dei nostri, et decimam partem terræ nostræ Levitis. Ipsi Levitæ decimas accipient ex omnibus civitatibus operum nostrorum. 38And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites in the tithes of the Levites, and the Levites shall offer the tithe of their tithes in the house of our God, to the storeroom into the treasure house.E i sacerdoti figliuoli d'Aarone avranno parte insieme co' Leviti alle decime de' Leviti; e i Leviti offriranno la decima parte della loro decima nella casa del nostro Dio, perchè sia depositata nella casa del tesoro.And the Priest the sonne of Aaron shalbe with the Leuites in the tythes of the Leuites, and the Leuites shal offer the tenth part of their tythe in the house of our God, to the treasurie in the treasure house.Erit autem sacerdos filius Aaron cum Levitis in decimis Levitarum, et Levitæ offerent decimam partem decimæ suæ in domo Dei nostri ad gazophylacium in domum thesauri. 39For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall carry to the treasury the firstfruits of corn, of wine, and of oil: and the sanctified vessels shall be there, and the priests, and the singing men, and the porters, and ministers, and we will not forsake the house of our God.Perocché al tesoro porteranno i figliuoli d'Israele, e i figliuoli di Levi le primizie del grano, vino, ed olio: e ivi staranno i vasi santificati, e i sacerdoti, e cantori, e portinaj, e ministri; e noi non abbandoneremo la casa del nostro Dio.For the children of Israel and the children of Leui shal carie to the treasurie the first fruites of corne, of wine, and of oyle: and the sanctified vessels shal be there, and the Priestes, and singing men, and porters, and ministers, and we wil not leaue the house of our God.Ad gazophylacium enim deportabunt filii Israël, et filii Levi, primitias frumenti, vini, et olei: et ibi erunt vasa sanctificata, et sacerdotes, et cantores, et janitores, et ministri: et non dimittemus domum Dei nostri.
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Worthington
Athersatha. Hebrew hatirshatha. Protestants, "the tirshatha," cup-bearer, or governor, highly (Haydock) "privileged" and honoured by Artaxerxes. (Worthington)
Calmet
Hebrew, "And over those who were sealed, (Calmet; Septuagint; or who sealed the deed. Haydock) Nehemias, the cup-bearer." Esdras, Eliasib, etc., were also princes. (Calmet)
Menochius
It is not easy to account for the omission of their names. (Menochius)
Calmet
They may be designated by different titles. An aristocracy, mixed with oligarchy, was the present form of government. The advice of the ancients, and of the people, was taken. (Calmet)
Hachelai, is less properly styled Helchias; (chap. 1:1.) where the Septuagint read Chelchias, or Achalia, (Hebrew chacala) as well as here.
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Priests. All, at least after Nehemias. (Haydock)
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Pharos. Many of these are mentioned as returning from Babylon, 2 Esdras 7:8, 11, etc.
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Lands. Idolaters, (Haydock) namely, the proselytes. (Menochius)
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Daughters. These did not all subscribe in person, but by the hands of the intelligent, and chief men, (ver. 29.) or, (Calmet) as the Septuagint seem to understand, these went through the different ranks of the people, and received their oaths. (Estius) (Menochius)
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Understand. Hebrew mebin, "the teachers," or Levites, 1 Esdras 8:16. (Menochius)
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Promising. Hebrew, "clave to their brethren;" and they promised with a curse to transgressors, and with an oath to walk, etc. (Haydock)
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And. In all covenants, the articles which have been chiefly broken, are specified. (Worthington)
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Holy day. The contrary practice is therefore sinful. (Haydock)
Year. Not cultivating the land, Leviticus 25:4.
Menochius
Hand. No debts were to be demanded, Deuteronomy 15:1. (Menochius)
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Third part. About 9d., (Haydock) on account of the poverty of the people. (Calmet)
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They afterwards paid half a sicle, or 1s. 2d., conformably to the law, Exodus 30:13., and Matthew 17:23. (Haydock)
Before the captivity, the kings of Juda provided sacrifices, (2 Paralipomenon 31:3.) and after, the Persian monarchs supplied what was requisite, in favour of Zorababel and Esdras, 2 Esdras 6:8., and 7:21. But these grants had been recalled, or were not well executed.
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Wood. The Nathinites had performed this office till the captivity. But not their numbers were too small. (Calmet)
Lyranus
The people therefore brought the wood. The Levites, with the Nathinites, carried it into the temple, and the priests laid it upon the altars; all being regulated by lots. (Lyranus)
Hence the feast called Xylophoria, was instituted about the month of August, as we may gather from Josephus. The Rabbins say that the priests cut the wood, from March till the 15th of July.
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Every tree, of seven species; the pear, apple, fig, apricot, olive, palm, and vine trees; besides wheat, legumes, etc. (Calmet)
Menochius
For three years the fruit was deemed unclean, Leviticus 19:23. (Menochius)
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Meats. Hebrew, "paste," Numbers 15:20., (Calmet) and 23:17.
Menochius
Ground, or the produce. (Menochius)
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With. To observe that all is done according to the law, Numbers 18:26. (Calmet)
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In al leagues & couenantes of peace those articles are specially mentioned wherin breach hath bene made in former times.
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1. The subscribers (of the covenant of the people made with God) WERE NEHEMIAS (as it were a leader), ATHERSATHA, SON OF HACHELAI. — This is a different person from Nehemias, who was also called Athersatha.
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28. And all who separated themselves from the peoples of the lands TO THE LAW OF GOD, — namely those who were converted from paganism to Judaism, and became proselytes.
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29. ALL WHO COULD UNDERSTAND. — Refer to "sons"; that is to say, All the sons of proselytes, who were not infants, but adults and possessed of reason, also subscribed to this covenant. THEIR NOBLES PROMISING FOR THEIR BRETHREN, — that is to say, In such a multitude not all could subscribe to this covenant: wherefore the nobles alone swore and sealed it for their other fellow-tribesmen. And those who (were similar to the nobles, the chief men in the people) came to promise and to swear. — In Hebrew it is added with an execration, saying: May God punish us if we do not keep His commandments.
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31. WE WILL REMIT THE SEVENTH YEAR, — or the Sabbatical year, that is to say, We will allow the land to keep sabbath in the seventh year, so that we do not till the fields, but leave what grows of itself in them to the poor, according to the law of Exodus XXIII, 11. AND THE EXACTION OF EVERY HAND, — that is to say, We will likewise remit to debtors what by written agreement their hand owes us, so that in the seventh year we do not exact it. For the law likewise commanded that, since the land was not tilled in the seventh year, debts to be paid from the fruits of the land were likewise not paid in that same year.
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33. And in the sanctified things, — that is, in the peace offerings which are offered to God; for he distinguishes these from the victims for sin, of which he speaks immediately following.
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34. FROM THE TIMES OF THE YEAR TO THE YEAR, — that is to say, every year, or in each year.
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37. THE TENTH PART OF THE LAND, — that is the tithes of the fruits of the land. For the Levites could not possess land, but only receive from it the tithes of the fruits. OF OUR WORKS. — Hence it is clear that the Jews paid tithes not only of the fields, but also of their labors and works, so that from the profit arising therefrom they gave a tenth part to the Levites.
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38. AND THE PRIEST SON OF AARON SHALL BE WITH THE LEVITES IN THE TITHES OF THE LEVITES, (that is the priests sons of Aaron shall have a share of the tithes with the Levites, namely a tenth of the tenth. For as follows:) The Levites shall offer a tenth part of their tithe IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. — Therefore the Levites gave a tenth part of their tithes to the priests, and the priests in turn gave a tenth of their tenth to the High Priest, who was therefore very rich and opulent, as I said in Numbers XVIII.
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39. AND THERE SHALL BE IN IT THE SANCTIFIED VESSELS, AND THE PRIESTS, AND THE SINGERS, AND THE GATEKEEPERS, AND THE MINISTERS, — during the time of their turn in the temple they minister. For they dwelt in chambers annexed to the temple, which were called exedrae and treasuries, and there they were sustained; for from the expense of the colonists and Levites the firstfruits were to be brought to these treasuries, which fell to the priests. The Hebrews therefore promise to take careful charge of all these things, which they had previously neglected. AND WE WILL NOT FORSAKE THE HOUSE OF GOD, — that is to say, We will take care of all things which pertain to the uses of the temple and the sustenance of the Priests and Levites. These things therefore they swear they will do, because they had hitherto been more negligent in them.
Machine translation from the Latin, not reviewed.
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… restoration (Ezra 7-10); the rebuilding of the city walls by Nehemiah amid much opposition (Neh. 1-6) and the political and religious organization of the Jewish community (Neh. 7-13). Various catalogues (Ezra 2:1-70; 8:1-20; 10:18-44; Neh. 3:1-31; 7:6-69; 10:1-27; 11:4-12:25) list the families that returned, the rebuilders of the walls, and the signatories of the renewed covenant.
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9. Contemporary of Nehemiah, who subscribed the renewal of the covenant with God (Neh. 10:2). Angelo Penna
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Malchus (Mellyoc, Malchus, from Semitic Malk = "King")
The name M. corresponds to the Hebrew Mallükh (Vulgate Maloch and Melluch), in 1 Chron. 6:29 (Vulg. 44); Ezra 10:32; Neh. 10:4, 27; 12:2. Pietro De Ambroggi
Melchia (Heb. Malkijjah[ū] «My King is Yahweh»)
Other figures of the same name, one of whom could be identified with one of those mentioned above, occur in 1 Chron. 6:25; 9:12; 24:9; Ezra 10:25; Neh. 3:14, 31; 10:4; 11:12; 12:42. Angelo Penna
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6. One of the priests who signed with Nehemiah the renewal of the Covenant (Neh. 10:7).
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For other anonymous figures, in part perhaps identical with some of the preceding, cf. Neh. 8:4; 10:8, 21; 11:7, 11; 12:13, 16, 25. Angelo Penna
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2. Name of various Jews who lived after the exile (I Chron. 3:23; Neh. 7:2; 10:18; in the Heb. form Jēḥizqijjāh: I Chron. 28:12; Ezra 2:16. Giovanni Rinaldi
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… temple (II Chron. 34, 8); 5) one of the priests who expounded the Law to the people, on the return from exile, alongside Ezra (Neh. 8, 7); 6) one of the leaders of the people who subscribed to the renewed covenant with Yahweh in the time of Nehemiah (Neh. 10, 25).
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Other biblical figures bear the same name: one of the 37 mighty men of David (ibid. 23, 29); one of those who returned from the exile (Eid. 2, 2; Neh. 7, 7; 10, 27); one of Solomon's 12 overseers, placed over Asher and Baloth (I Reg. 4, 16; in Hebrew, however, Ba'ānāh, as in Neh. 3, 4).
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… reaction an opposing current was formed of those "who separated themselves from the 'peoples of the lands' for the law of God... who came forward to promise and swear to walk in the law of God... to observe and to do all the commandments of Yahweh" (Neh. 10:28 ff.). …
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Nathinei (Hebr. Nēthānīm; Septuagint Nēthānīm, rarely Nēthānīm and Nēthānīm; Vulg. Nathinae)
… they existed in Babylon, whence a group returned with Ezra to Jerusalem (Ezra 7:7; 8:17, 20), where Nehemiah's memoirs recall them as inhabitants of a quarter of their own (Neh. 3:26, 31; 7:73; 11:3, 21) and participants in the reforms of that era (Neh. 10:29).
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There is also insistence on reproving marriage with foreign women as a cause of religious syncretism and moral corruption (cf. Gen. 28:6-9; Jud. 3:5 f.; I Kings 11:1 f.; Mal. 2:11 f.; Esd. 9:1 ff.; Neh. 10:30; 13:23-25). In a particular way the prohibition applied to the various Canaanite populations of Palestine or of the neighboring regions (cf. Ex. 34:11-16; Deut. 7:1-4). But in …
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… But its observance, perhaps because it appeared impossible, was completely neglected, at least before the exile (cf. Lev. 26:34, 35, 43; Neh. 10:31). For a more recent era there are some documentary attestations concerning its observance, but always with emphasis on the practical difficulties that resulted from it (cf. 1 Macc. …
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… In the time of Nehemiah, in fact, the Jews provided for the sacred cult at their own expense (Neh. 10, 32 agg.); under E., on the other hand, the colony of the Jews was so poor that it had to provide for the cult with the royal treasury (Estd. 7, 20), a poverty that is better explained …
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… the presence (Ex. 25:30; I Sam. 21:7 etc.), because they were placed before God; lēhem tāmīdh "perpetual bread" (Num. 4:7); lēhem gādheh "holy bread" (I Sam. 21:5, 7); after the exile, also lēhem ham-ma'ārehheth "bread of the pile" (I Par. 9:32; 23:29; Neh. 10:33), on account of the arrangement on the table. …
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There is no obligation in the Tōrāh to present human firstborn at the Temple for redemption; this practice prevailed after the exile (Neh. 10:36); and advantage was taken of the visit to the Temple that the mother had to make (Lev. 12:2-8), for the other law of purification. …
All first fruits always belonged to the priests (Num. 18:13, 19; Deut. 18:4; Neh. 10:36[37]; Ez. 44:30). No offering is so attested and recommended as this one of the first fruits (I Sam. 2:29; II Chron. 31:5: Hezekiah restores it to honor; Neh. 10:36: it is resumed after …
10:38
Levites (Heb. Lēwī, pl. Lēwījīm; Gr. Lēwījī, pl. -ai)
… The Levites in turn owed a tithe to the priests (Num. 18:20-32; Neh. 10:38-39). An echo of certain uncertainties in the primitive Levite and priestly organization is found in the episode of Iud. 17:7-12.
… In the court of the people there were porticoes, storerooms, dwellings of the ministers in turn (Neh. 10, 38-40; 12, 25, 44; 13, 4 ff.); in the middle, the altar of holocausts of rough stones (I Mach. 4, 38-59), then the bronze basin for ablutions. …
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · Vulgata Clementina · original Douay-Rheims (Douay 1609-10), transcription by EEBO-TCP (CC0) · La Sacra Bibbia, tradotta dalla Volgata da Antonio Martini (1769-1781) (LaParola (laparola.net), Martini OSIS text, Public domain (LaParola's electronic edition marks it 'Dominio pubblico')). Public domain.