# General Information:

In these verses, the people continue describing the content of the oath they were making in [Nehemiah 10:29](../10/29.md).

# We accepted the commands

"We promised to obey the command"

# We accepted

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/jit/figs-exclusive]])

# a third of a shekel

"1/3 of a shekel." "A third" means one part out of three equal parts. This can be written in modern measurements. Alternate translation: "5 grams of sliver" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-bmoney]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-fraction]])

# for the service of

"to pay for the care of"