Nehemiah 10:37

Nehemiah 10:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
• New International Version (NIV)“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. And we will bring a tithe of our crops to the Levites, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all the towns where we work.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and to bring the first of our dough, and our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the wine and the oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and to bring to the Levites the tithes from our ground, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our towns where we labor.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of Nehemiah 10:37

35“We—the kohanim, the Levites and the people—have cast lots concerning the offering of wood, to bring it into the House of our God according to our ancestral house at the appointed times year by year to burn on the altar of Adonai, our God, as it is written in the Torah. 36Also to bring the firstfruits of our land and the first fruits of all fruit trees year by year to the House of Adonai, and the firstborn of our sons and our livestock as written in the Torah; the firstborn of our cattle and our sheep to the House of our God—to the kohanim ministering in the House of our God; 38and the first of our coarse meal, along with our offerings—the fruit from every kind of tree, new wine and oil—to the kohanim at the storerooms of the House of our God, as well as a tenth of the crop of our land to the Levites, for they, the Levites, receive tithes in all the towns where we labor. 39“Also the kohen, a descendant of Aaron, will be with the Levites when the Levites receive the tithe, and the Levites will bring a tenth of the tithes up to the House of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury.

Nehemiah 10:37 word by word

וְאֶת־רֵאשִׁ֣ית עֲרִיסֹתֵ֣ינוּ וּ֠תְרוּמֹתֵינוּ וּפְרִ֨י כָל־עֵ֜ץ תִּיר֣וֹשׁ וְיִצְהָ֗ר נָבִ֤יא לַכֹּהֲנִים֙ אֶל־לִשְׁכ֣וֹת בֵּית־אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ וּמַעְשַׂ֥ר אַדְמָתֵ֖נוּ לַלְוִיִּ֑ם וְהֵם֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם הַֽמְעַשְּׂרִ֔ים בְּכֹ֖ל עָרֵ֥י עֲבֹדָתֵֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• we should bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• the firstfruitsרֵאשִׁיתrê'shîyth · first: beginningH7225
• of our doughעֲרִיסָה‛ărîysâh · doughH6182
• and our offeringsתְּרוּמָהterûmâh terûmâh · contributionH8641
• and the fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529
• of all manner of treesעֵץ‛êts · treeH6086
• of wineתִּירוֹשׁtîyrôsh tîyrôsh · new wineH8492
• and of oilיִצְהָרyitshâr · oilH3323
• unto the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• to the chambersלִשְׁכָּהlishkâh · chamberH3957
• of the houseבֵּיתbayith · betweenH1004
• of our Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• and the tithesמַעֲשֵׂרma‛ăώêr ma‛ăώar ma‛aώrâh · titheH4643
• of our groundאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• unto the Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• might have the tithesעָשַׂר‛âώar · to titheH6237
• in all the citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of our tillageעֲבֹדָה‛ăbôdâh ‛ăbôdâh · service: workH5656

Cross-references for Nehemiah 10:37

• Leviticus 23:17You are to bring out of your houses two loaves of bread for a wave offering, made of two tenths of an ephah of fine flour. They are to be baked with hametz as firstfruits to Adonai.
• Numbers 15:19and you eat some of the food of the land, you are to offer a portion to Adonai.
• Numbers 18:12All the finest olive oil, the finest new wine and grain they give to Adonai from their firstfruits, I have given them to you.
• Deuteronomy 18:4The firstfruits of your grain, of your new wine, of your oil, and the first fleece of your sheep, you are to give him.
• Deuteronomy 26:2you are to take some of the first of all the produce of the soil, which you gather from your land that Adonai your God is giving you, put it in a basket and go to the place Adonai your God chooses to make His Name dwell.
• Nehemiah 13:5He was closely associated with Tobiah and provided him with a large chamber previously used to store the offerings, frankincense, and the Temple vessels, and also the tithes of grain, wine and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers and gatekeepers, along with the offerings for the kohanim.
• 1 Kings 6:5Against the wall of the House he built a side-structure surrounding both the Temple and the inner Sanctuary; thus he made side-chambers all around.
• 2 Chronicles 31:11Then Hezekiah ordered them to prepare storerooms in the House of Adonai, and they prepared them.
• Leviticus 27:30“All the tithe of the land whether from the seed of the land, or the fruit of the trees, belongs to Adonai, for it is holy to Adonai.
• Numbers 18:21See, I have given all the tithes in Israel to the sons of Levi as an inheritance in return for all the work of the service they are doing in the Tent of Meeting.
• 2 Chronicles 31:6The children of Israel and Judah who lived in the towns of Judah, also brought in the tithe of bulls and sheep, and the tithe of the sacred things consecrated to Adonai their God. They piled them in heaps.
• Malachi 3:8“Will a man rob God? For you are robbing Me!” But you say: “How have we robbed You?” “In the tithe and the offering.

Commentaries on Nehemiah 10:37

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 32-39Verses 32-39 Having covenanted against the sins of which they had been guilty, they obliged themselves to observe the duties they had neglected. We must not only cease to do evil, but learn to do well. Let not any people expect the blessing of God, unless they keep up public worship. It is likely to go well with our houses, when care is taken that the work of God's house goes on well. When every one helps, and every one gives, though but little, toward a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 37-39The Levites gathered tithes in all the rural towns and sent one-tenth of that collection to the temple in Jerusalem (see Numbers 18:25–32).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 29-3929-37. to observe and do all the commandments, &c.--This national covenant, besides containing a solemn pledge of obedience to the divine law generally, specified their engagement to some particular duties, which the character and exigency of the times stamped with great urgency and importance, and which may be summed up under the following heads: that they abstain from contracting matrimonial alliances with the heathen; that they would rigidly observe…Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 10:37

• Decision
• Dough
• First Fruits
• Liberality
• Temple
• Tithes

In the dictionaries

• God
• Curse
• First-Fruits
• Genealogy
• Israel, History of
• Leviticus
• Oil
• Priests and Levites
• Sacrifice
• Synagogue, the Great

Commentaries on Nehemiah 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings