Nehemiah 10:35-38
The Voice
35 It is also our responsibility to support the temple workers through our offerings. We will bring to the temple the first part of every crop, grain from the earth and fruit from the tree alike, every year. 36 We will also bring all of our firstborns and give them to the priests working at the temple—our firstborn sons and cattle, our firstborn from our flocks and our herds—as the law of God says.[a] 37-38 We will bring to the priests the best of our coarse meal[b] (which is a sacred contribution), the fruit of our trees, and our new wine and oil—to be placed in the storerooms of our God’s temple instead of used in the sanctuary. One-tenth of our crops will go for the Levites. When the Levites come to our towns to collect our offerings, we will make sure there is also a priest from Aaron’s house with them who will bring the tithes to the house of the Eternal and its storehouse.
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- 10:36 Numbers 18:15–18
- 10:37-38 Literally, “dough”
Nehemiah 10:35-37
New International Version
35 “We also assume responsibility for bringing to the house of the Lord each year the firstfruits(A) of our crops and of every fruit tree.(B)
36 “As it is also written in the Law, we will bring the firstborn(C) of our sons and of our cattle, of our herds and of our flocks to the house of our God, to the priests ministering there.(D)
37 “Moreover, we will bring to the storerooms of the house of our God, to the priests, the first of our ground meal, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees and of our new wine and olive oil.(E) And we will bring a tithe(F) of our crops to the Levites,(G) for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all the towns where we work.(H)
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