The Meaning of Nehemiah 10:33 Explained

Nehemiah 10:33

KJV: For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

YLT: for bread of the arrangement, and the continual present, and the continual burnt-offering of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for appointed seasons, and for holy things, and for sin-offerings, to make atonement for Israel, even all the work of the house of our God.

Darby: for the bread to be set in rows, and for the continual oblation, and for the continual burnt-offering, for that of the sabbaths and of the new moons, for the set feasts and for the holy things, and for the sin-offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

ASV: for the showbread, and for the continual meal-offering, and for the continual burnt-offering, for the sabbaths, for the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin-offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For the shewbread,  and for the continual  meat offering,  and for the continual  burnt offering,  of the sabbaths,  of the new moons,  for the set feasts,  and for the holy  [things], and for the sin offerings  to make an atonement  for Israel,  and [for] all the work  of the house  of our God. 

What does Nehemiah 10:33 Mean?

Study Notes

shewbread (See Scofield " Exodus 25:30 ") .
atonement .
atonement
Heb. kaphar, "to cover." The English word "atonement" (at-one-ment) is not a translation of the Heb. kaphar, but a translator's interpretation. According to Scripture the legal sacrifice "covered" the offerer's sin and secured the divine forgiveness; according to the translators it made God and the sinner at- one. But the O.T. sacrifices did not at-one the sinner and God. "It is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins." Hebrews 10:4 . The Israelite's offering implied confession of sin and of its due desert, death; and God "covered" (passed over," Romans 3:25 his sin, in anticipation of Christ's sacrifice, which did, finally, "put away" the sins "done aforetime in the forbearance of God."; Romans 3:25 ; Hebrews 9:15 . (See Scofield " Romans 3:25 ") . The word "atonement" does not occur in the N.T.; Romans 5:11 meaning reconciliation, and so rendered in the R.V.
See "Sacrifice," Genesis 4:4 , and refs. (See Scofield " Genesis 4:4 ")
(See Scofield " Leviticus 16:5 ")

Context Summary

Nehemiah 10:28-39 - A Pledge Of Better Service
The chapter opens with a list of the signers of the covenant, which was signed on behalf of the people. The consecration covenant involved-first, obedience; then, the purity of the holy seed from intermarriage with heathen peoples; next, the observance of the Sabbath, and of the Sabbatic year. In addition there was the yearly charge for the maintenance of divine worship. The great lack among Christian people is system in the apportioning of their incomes. They leave their giving to impulse, and thus often give the merest fraction of their possessions to the cause of God. We should at least give a tenth, and as much more as we can afford. If only all who read these words would resolve to imitate these impoverished exiles, and to set aside the tithe of all they earn or receive, they would discover the luxury of giving, and a new zest in receiving. The first-fruits of increased wages and revenue should also be given to God, as a tribute of thanksgiving. Let the first produce of hen-roost, orchard, and field be His. Do not neglect or forsake God's house, Nehemiah 10:39. [source]

Chapter Summary: Nehemiah 10

1  The names of those who sealed the covenant
29  The points of the covenant

What do the individual words in Nehemiah 10:33 mean?

for the showbread for grain offering the regular for burnt offering of the regular of the Sabbaths the New Moons and the set feasts for the holy things for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel and all the work of the house our God -
לְלֶ֣חֶם הַֽמַּעֲרֶ֡כֶת וּמִנְחַ֣ת הַתָּמִ֣יד וּלְעוֹלַ֣ת הַ֠תָּמִיד הַשַּׁבָּת֨וֹת הֶחֳדָשִׁ֜ים לַמּוֹעֲדִ֗ים וְלַקֳּדָשִׁים֙ וְלַ֣חַטָּא֔וֹת לְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְכֹ֖ל מְלֶ֥אכֶת בֵּית־ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ ס

הַֽמַּעֲרֶ֡כֶת  the  showbread 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מַעֲרֶכֶת  
Sense: row, line.
וּמִנְחַ֣ת  for  grain  offering 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מִנְחָה  
Sense: gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering.
הַתָּמִ֣יד  the  regular 
Parse: Article, Adverb
Root: תָּמִיד  
Sense: continuity, perpetuity, to stretch.
וּלְעוֹלַ֣ת  for  burnt  offering 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֹלָה  
Sense: whole burnt offering.
הַ֠תָּמִיד  of  the  regular 
Parse: Article, Adverb
Root: תָּמִיד  
Sense: continuity, perpetuity, to stretch.
הַשַּׁבָּת֨וֹת  of  the  Sabbaths 
Parse: Article, Noun, common plural
Root: שַׁבָּת  
Sense: Sabbath.
הֶחֳדָשִׁ֜ים  the  New  Moons 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
לַמּוֹעֲדִ֗ים  and  the  set  feasts 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מֹועֵד  
Sense: appointed place, appointed time, meeting.
וְלַקֳּדָשִׁים֙  for  the  holy  things 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
וְלַ֣חַטָּא֔וֹת  for  the  sin  offerings 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: חַטָּאָה 
Sense: sin, sinful.
לְכַפֵּ֖ר  to  make  atonement 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: כָּפַר 
Sense: to cover, purge, make an atonement, make reconciliation, cover over with pitch.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
וְכֹ֖ל  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
מְלֶ֥אכֶת  the  work 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מְלָאכָה  
Sense: occupation, work, business.
בֵּית־  of  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ  our  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation