Nehemiah 10:37

37 We will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the Temple the first of our ground meal, our offerings, the fruit from all our trees, and our new wine and oil. And we will bring a tenth of our crops to the Levites, who will collect these things in all the towns where we work.

Nehemiah 10:37 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 10:37

And that we should bring the first fruits of our dough
According to the law in ( Numbers 15:20 Numbers 15:21 )

and our offerings;
their heave offerings, ( Numbers 18:8 Numbers 18:11 )

and the fruit of all manner of trees;
bore by them on the fourth year after their planting, ( Leviticus 19:23 Leviticus 19:24 )

of wine and oil;
to which Aben Ezra restrains the fruit of the trees, see ( Numbers 18:12 ) , all these they were to bring

unto the priests, to the chambers the house of our God;
there to be laid up for the use of it; and oil and wine were frequently used in sacrifices:

and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites
might have the tithes in all the cities of our village;
the tenth part of the produce of their agriculture everywhere throughout the land, see ( Numbers 18:21 ) .

Nehemiah 10:37 In-Context

35 We also will bring the first fruits from our crops and the first fruits of every tree to the Temple each year.

36 We will bring to the Temple our firstborn sons and cattle and the firstborn of our herds and flocks, as it is written in the Teachings. We will bring them to the priests who are serving in the Temple.

37 We will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the Temple the first of our ground meal, our offerings, the fruit from all our trees, and our new wine and oil. And we will bring a tenth of our crops to the Levites, who will collect these things in all the towns where we work.

38 A priest of Aaron's family must be with the Levites when they receive the tenth of the people's crops. The Levites must bring a tenth of all they receive to the Temple of our God to put in the storerooms of the treasury.

39 The people of Israel and the Levites are to bring to the storerooms the gifts of grain, new wine, and oil. That is where the utensils for the Temple are kept and where the priests who are serving, the gatekeepers, and singers stay. We will not ignore the Temple of our God.