Nehemiah 13:10

10 I also learned that the Temple musicians and other Levites had left Jerusalem and gone back to their farms, because the people had not been giving them enough to live on. ¹

Nehemiah 13:10 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 13:10

And I perceived that the portion of the Levites had not been
given them
The tithes, being removed to some other place, might be converted to another use; or the people, seeing what was done by Eliashib, neglected to bring them in, as judging they would not be properly disposed of; and besides, the Levites had deserted their station upon this:

for the Levites and the singers that did the work were fled everyone
to his field;
to look after their country farms, or to get their living by agriculture, since there was no care taken of them at Jerusalem; see ( Nehemiah 12:28 Nehemiah 12:29 ) .

Nehemiah 13:10 In-Context

8 I was furious and threw out all of Tobiah's belongings.

9 I gave orders for the rooms to be ritually purified and for the Temple equipment, grain offerings, and incense to be put back.

10 I also learned that the Temple musicians and other Levites had left Jerusalem and gone back to their farms, because the people had not been giving them enough to live on.

11 I reprimanded the officials for letting the Temple be neglected. And I brought the Levites and musicians back to the Temple and put them to work again.

12 Then all the people of Israel again started bringing to the Temple storerooms their tithes of grain, wine, and olive oil.

Cross References

• 1. 13.10Deuteronomy 12.19.