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Nehemiah 10:37

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37 1and to bring the first of our dough, and our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the wine and the oil, to the priests, 2to the chambers of the house of our God; and to bring to the Levites the tithes from our ground, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our towns where we labor.
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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 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Nehemiah 10:37 In-Context

35 We obligate ourselves to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of the LORD;
36 also to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God, the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as it is written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks;
37 and to bring the first of our dough, and our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the wine and the oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and to bring to the Levites the tithes from our ground, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our towns where we labor.
38 And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive the tithes. And the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers of the storehouse.
39 For the people of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of grain, wine, and oil to the chambers, where the vessels of the sanctuary are, as well as the priests who minister, and the gatekeepers and the singers. We will not neglect the house of our God."

Cross References 2

  • 1. Leviticus 23:17; Numbers 15:20, 21; Numbers 18:12; Deuteronomy 18:4
  • 2. 1 Chronicles 9:26; 2 Chronicles 31:11
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