Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 10:32

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32. the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God —The law required every individual above twenty years of age to pay half a shekel to the sanctuary. But in consequence of the general poverty of the people, occasioned by war and captivity, this tribute was reduced to a third part of a shekel. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-33" class="com-number"