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Nehemiah 10:33

King James Version (KJV)

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Nehemiah 10:33

Verse 33 of 39

Scripture focus

For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy [things], and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and [for] all the work of the house of our God.

Nehemiah 10:33 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Nehemiah 10:33

Theological / Devotional

Holy things. The “wave offerings” and “peace offerings” (Lev. 23:10, 17, 19) are probably intended, since they were “holy to the Lord for the priest” (Lev. 23:20). Further, this tax covered the sin offerings commanded in Num. 28:15, 22, 30; 29:5, 11, 16, 19; etc., and whatever else might be necessary. The establishment of such a tax does not necessarily mean that the contributions promised by Artaxerxes in his edict (Ezra 7:20—22) had ceased, and that the congregation now found it necessary to defray the expenses from their own resources. In addition to the assistance afforded by the king it now found necessary to provide for increased requirements of the Temple.

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