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# We accepted the commands
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"We promised to obey the command"
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# We accepted
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The word "we" includes all the Israelites including Nehemiah except for the priest and Levites, and does not include the reader of this book.
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# a third of a shekel
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"A third" means one part out of three equal parts or "5 grams of silver".
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# for the service of
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"to pay for the care of"
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