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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.
Nehemiah 10:37 — KJV
Firstfruits of our dough. See Num. 15:18-21.
Our offerings. Literally, “our heave offering” (see Num. 15:20; Lev. 23:11, 17).
The chambers of the house. The storerooms attached to the Temple building (see Neh. 13:4,5).
The tithes of our ground. The tithe seems to have been neglected by many, with the result that the priests and Levites could not attend to their Temple duties, and were compelled to earn their living otherwise (see Neh. 13:10). The people now solemnly promised to resume the practice. Malachi, who also prophesied about this time, discusses the same problem and reminds the people of the disadvantages of withholding the tithe and the blessings that accompanied faithfulness (Mal. 3:8-12). On the law of tithe paying under an agricultural economy, see Lev. 27:30.
In all the cities. It seems that the agricultural tithes were not brought to Jerusalem, but stored up in centers where they were produced until claimed by the Levites. It is not clear whether storehouses were provided in these cities for this purpose or whether Levitical cities are meant.
Tillage. Literally, “work.”
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