Nehemiah 13:10

10 I also found out that the Levites hadn't been given their portions, so they and the singers who did the work had gone back to their fields.

Nehemiah 13:10 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 13:10

And I perceived that the portion of the Levites had not been
given them
The tithes, being removed to some other place, might be converted to another use; or the people, seeing what was done by Eliashib, neglected to bring them in, as judging they would not be properly disposed of; and besides, the Levites had deserted their station upon this:

for the Levites and the singers that did the work were fled everyone
to his field;
to look after their country farms, or to get their living by agriculture, since there was no care taken of them at Jerusalem; see ( Nehemiah 12:28 Nehemiah 12:29 ) .

Nehemiah 13:10 In-Context

8 I was very angry and threw all of Tobiah's household furniture out of the room.

9 Then I gave orders that the rooms be purified, and I put back the temple equipment, along with the grain offering and the incense.

10 I also found out that the Levites hadn't been given their portions, so they and the singers who did the work had gone back to their fields.

11 So I scolded the officials, asking, "Why is God's house being neglected?" I gathered them together and set them in their stations.

12 Then all Judah brought the tenth-part gifts of the grain, wine, and oil into the storehouses.