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# General Information:
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In these verses, the people continue describing the content of the oath they were making in [Nehemiah 10:29](./28.md).
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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 pronoun "we" here includes all the Israelites including Nehemiah except for the priest and Levites, and does not include the reader of this book (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]])
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# a third of a shekel
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"1/3 of a shekel." "A third" means one part out of three equal parts. This can be written in modern measurements. AT: "5 grams of sliver" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bmoney]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-fraction]])
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# for the service of
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"to pay for the care of"
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