Nehemiah 10:34-35

34 Likewise ¹we cast lots ²for 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 ³the first fruits of all the fruit of every tree to the house of the LORD annually,

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Nehemiah 10:34-35 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

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1. Nehemiah 11:1
2. Nehemiah 13:31
3. Exodus 23:19; Exodus 34:26; Deuteronomy 26:2

Nehemiah 10:34-35

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Nehemiah 10:34-35 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 10

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