Nehemiah 10:36

36 We agree to give God our oldest sons and the firstborn of all our herds and flocks, as prescribed in the Law. We will present them to the priests who minister in the Temple of our God.

Nehemiah 10:36 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 10:36

Also the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle
Such as were unclean, as Aben Ezra notes, as the ass and are distinguished from clean ones mentioned in the following clause; now both these, their sons, and this sort of cattle, were to be redeemed by a price paid to the priests: as it is written in the law, ( Exodus 13:2 Exodus 13:13 ) ( Numbers 18:15 Numbers 18:16 ) ,

and the firstlings of our herds, and of our flocks;
clean cattle, which were to be offered, ( Numbers 18:17 Numbers 18:18 ) ,

to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the
house of our God;
a price for the one sort, and the other for sacrifice.

Nehemiah 10:36 In-Context

34 “We have cast sacred lots to determine when—at regular times each year—the families of the priests, Levites, and the common people should bring wood to God’s Temple to be burned on the altar of the LORD our God, as is written in the Law.

35 “We promise to bring the first part of every harvest to the LORD ’s Temple year after year—whether it be a crop from the soil or from our fruit trees.

36 We agree to give God our oldest sons and the firstborn of all our herds and flocks, as prescribed in the Law. We will present them to the priests who minister in the Temple of our God.

37 We will store the produce in the storerooms of the Temple of our God. We will bring the best of our flour and other grain offerings, the best of our fruit, and the best of our new wine and olive oil. And we promise to bring to the Levites a tenth of everything our land produces, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our rural towns.

38 “A priest—a descendant of Aaron—will be with the Levites as they receive these tithes. And a tenth of all that is collected as tithes will be delivered by the Levites to the Temple of our God and placed in the storerooms.