Also we made ordinances for ourselves, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
Parallel translations
- KJV 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;
- BSB We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:
- NKJV Also we made ordinances for ourselves, to exact from ourselves yearly one-third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:
- NASB We also imposed on ourselves the obligation to contribute yearly a third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:
- NLT “In addition, we promise to obey the command to pay the annual Temple tax of one-eighth of an ounce of silver for the care of the Temple of our God.
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Cross-references · 5
- Exod 30:11–16Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Matt 17:24–27When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the didrachma?”
- Prov 3:9Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:
- 2 Cor 8:12For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.
- Gen 28:22then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God’s house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give a tenth to you.”
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