Nehemiah 10:37

37 and we shall bring the first fruits of our meats, and of our moist sacrifices, and the fruits of each tree, and of vintage, and of oil, to [the] priests, at the chamber of the (house of the) Lord, and the tenth part of our land to (the) deacons; those deacons shall take tithes of all the cities of our works. (and we shall also bring to the priests the first fruits of our dough, and of our other offerings, yea, the fruits of each tree, and of wine, and of oil, to the storerooms of the House of our God; and we shall bring to the Levites the tenth part, or the tithes, from our land, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes from all the cities about our farms.)

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 and that we bring the first engendered things of our land, and the first fruits of all fruit of each tree, from year into year, into the house of the Lord, (and we shall bring the first fruits of our land, and the first fruits of every fruit tree, year after year, to the House of our God,)
36 and the first begotten things of our sons, and of our beasts, as it is written in the law, and the first begotten things of our oxen, and of our sheep, that those be offered in the house of our God, to priests that minister in the house of our God; (and also the first-born of our sons, and of our beasts, as it is written in the Law, yea, the first-born of our oxen, and of our sheep, we shall bring all these things to the House of our God, unto the priests who minister in the House of our God;)
37 and we shall bring the first fruits of our meats, and of our moist sacrifices, and the fruits of each tree, and of vintage, and of oil, to [the] priests, at the chamber of the (house of the) Lord, and the tenth part of our land to (the) deacons; those deacons shall take tithes of all the cities of our works. (and we shall also bring to the priests the first fruits of our dough, and of our other offerings, yea, the fruits of each tree, and of wine, and of oil, to the storerooms of the House of our God; and we shall bring to the Levites the tenth part, or the tithes, from our land, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes from all the cities about our farms.)
38 And a priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the deacons in the tithes of (the) deacons; and the deacons shall offer the tenth part of their tithe in the house of our God, at the chamber(s), in the house of treasure. (And a priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when they collect the tithes; and the Levites shall bring the tenth part of all the tithes, that is, a tithe of the tithes, to the House of our God, to the rooms in the storehouse.)
39 For the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the first fruits of wheat, of wine, and of oil to that place; and hallowed vessels shall be there, and priests, and singers, and porters, and ministers; and we shall not forsake the house of our God. (For the Israelites and the Levites shall bring the first fruits of corn, or of grain, and of wine, and of oil to that place; and the vessels of the sanctuary, and the ministering priests, and the singers, and the guards, or the doorkeepers, shall also be there; and we shall not desert, or neglect, the House of our God.)
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