Nehemiah 10:37-39

37 ¹We will also bring the first of our dough, our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the new wine and the oil ²to the priests at the chambers of the house of our God, and the ³tithe of our ground to the Levites, for the Levites are they who receive the tithes in all the rural towns.

38 ⁴The 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 ⁵the storehouse.

39 For the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the ⁶contribution 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 ⁷we will not neglect the house of our God.

Nehemiah 10:37-39 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.

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 23:17
• 2. Nehemiah 13:5, 9
• 3. Leviticus 27:30; Numbers 18:21
• 4. Numbers 18:26
• 5. Nehemiah 13:12, 13
• 6. Deuteronomy 12:6
• 7. Nehemiah 13:10, 11

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "coarse meal"
• [b]. Lit "forsake"