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General Information:
In these verses, the people continue describing the content of the oath they were making in Nehemiah 10:29.
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/translate/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/translate/translate-bmoney and rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-fraction)
for the service of
"to pay for the care of"