Bind themselves with a curse and an oath to follow the Law of God given through Moses the servant of God

Nehemiah 10:1-39

Those who sealed it were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hakaliah. The Levites:

The leaders of the people: 

The rest of the people—priests, Levites, gatekeepers, musicians, temple servants and all who separated themselves from the neighboring peoples for the sake of the Law of God, together with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand— all these now join their fellow Israelites the nobles, and bind themselves with a curse and an oath to follow the Law of God given through Moses the servant of God and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations and decrees of the Lord our Lord.

We promise not to give our daughters in marriage to the peoples around us or take their daughters for our sons.

When the neighboring peoples bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. Every seventh year we will forgo working the land and will cancel all debts.

We also assume responsibility for bringing to the house of the Lord each year the firstfruits of our crops and of every fruit tree.

Moreover, we will bring to the storerooms of the house of our God, to the priests, the first of our ground meal, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees and of our new wine and olive oil.

Why?

All of the people are made the oath to obey the word of the Lord which is written in the book of Moses.

Obey the word of the Lord is unconditional obey the word of the Lord.

devote one ten of our income is show our thanks to the Lord. And provide the living fee to the servant of the Lord in our church.

Do not marry the foreigner keep our faith and living style in the word of the Lord.

第九章是嚴肅會：認罪、悔改，願意重新生活、恢復原先的生活樣式，祭司、利未人和首領44人簽名，表示認真的看待與神的關係，有約束力，大家都看到了。全部有88人。還有許多其他人，離絕鄰邦居民歸服神律法的人： 願意離絕臨邦人。

尼提寧是聖殿中服役的人。分別為聖：在時間上，財務上（每年奉獻1/3)，定期奉獻材火，奉獻初熟的果子，包括頭生的長子奉獻給聖殿，成為同工，頭生的牲畜也是一樣。利未人的十一奉獻也是最基本的。在人也分別為聖，不嫁娶外邦人。代表岐視外邦人，為了先建立自己的信仰，才能影響別人，不受外邦人影響。

每逢第七年必不耕種，凡欠我們債的必不追討，有愛心去愛有需要的人

How?

Following the word of the Lord begins from our heart, and read the word of the Lord to remind us every day.