Nehemiah 10:35

35 And we made ordinances to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, to the house of the Lord;

Nehemiah 10:35 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 10:35

And to bring the firstfruits of our ground
Not that they cast lots to do this, but they bound themselves with an oath, according to the law, to do it; this is the first of all the fruits of the earth, ( Exodus 23:19 ) , though Aben Ezra restrains it to the sheaf of the firstfruits, and to the two wave loaves, ( Leviticus 23:10 Leviticus 23:17 ) ,

and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees;
which, as Aben Ezra observes, their wise men restrain to the seven kinds only mentioned in ( Deuteronomy 8:8 ) .

Nehemiah 10:35 In-Context

33 for the showbread, for the regular grain offering, for the regular burnt offering of the Sabbaths, the New Moons, and the set feasts; for the holy things, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and all the work of the house of our God.

34 We cast lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for bringing the wood offering into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at the appointed times year by year, to burn on the altar of the Lord our God as it is written in the Law.

35 And we made ordinances to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, to the house of the Lord;

36 to bring the firstborn of our sons and our cattle, as it is written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and our flocks, to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God;

37 to bring the firstfruits of our dough, our offerings, the fruit from all kinds of trees, the new wine and oil, to the priests, to the storerooms of the house of our God; and to bring the tithes of our land to the Levites, for the Levites should receive the tithes in all our farming communities.