Nehemiah 10:32-39

32 We also placed ourselves under obligation to contribute yearly ¹one third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:

33 for the ²showbread *, for the continual grain offering, for the continual burnt offering, the sabbaths, the new moon, for the appointed times, for the holy things and for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and all the work of the house of our God.

34 Likewise ³we cast lots ⁴for the supply of wood among the priests, the Levites and the people so that they might bring it to the house of our God, according to our fathers' households, at fixed times annually, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law;

35 and that they might bring the first fruits of our ground and ⁵the first fruits of all the fruit of every tree to the house of the LORD annually,

36 and ⁶bring to the house of our God the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, and the firstborn of our herds and our flocks as it is written in the law, for the priests who are ministering in the house of our God.

37 ⁷We will also bring the first of our dough, our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the new wine and the oil ⁸to the priests at the chambers of the house of our God, and the ⁹tithe of our ground to the Levites, for the Levites are they who receive the tithes in all the rural towns.

38 ¹⁰The priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive tithes, and the Levites shall bring up the tenth of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers of ¹¹the storehouse.

39 For the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the ¹²contribution of the grain, the new wine and the oil to the chambers; there are the utensils of the sanctuary, the priests who are ministering, the gatekeepers and the singers. Thus ¹³we will not neglect the house of our God.

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Nehemiah 10:32-39 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 10

In this chapter we have the names of the persons that signed and sealed the covenant mentioned in the last chapter, Ne 10:1-27, and the things they agreed unto and promised to perform; in general to observe the law of God, in particular not to marry with the people of the land, to keep the sabbaths weekly and yearly, to pay annually the third part of the shekel for the service of the temple, to bring into it the wood offerings, first fruits, firstborn, and tithes, Ne 10:28-39.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 13

1. Exodus 30:11-16; Matthew 17:24
2. Leviticus 24:5, 6; 2 Chronicles 2:4
3. Nehemiah 11:1
4. Nehemiah 13:31
5. Exodus 23:19; Exodus 34:26; Deuteronomy 26:2
6. Exodus 13:2
7. Leviticus 23:17
8. Nehemiah 13:5, 9
9. Leviticus 27:30; Numbers 18:21
10. Numbers 18:26
11. Nehemiah 13:12, 13
12. Deuteronomy 12:6
13. Nehemiah 13:10, 11

Footnotes 3

[a]. Lit "imposed commandments on us"
[b]. Or "coarse meal"
[c]. Lit "forsake"