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Nehemiah 10:36

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Nehemiah 10:36 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “also the first-born of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God;” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

also the first-born of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God;
Nehemiah 10:36 — American Standard Version

Context — Nehemiah 10

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
33for the showbread, and for the continual meal-offering, and for the continual burnt-offering, for the sabbaths, for the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin-offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
34And we cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood-offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers` houses, at times appointed, year by year, to burn upon the altar of Jehovah our God, as it is written in the law;
35and to bring the first-fruits of our ground, and the first-fruits of all fruit of all manner of trees, year by year, unto the house of Jehovah;
36also the first-born of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God;
37and that we should bring the first-fruits of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, the new wine and the oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
38And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure-house.
39For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the heave-offering of the grain, of the new wine, and of the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Also the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, etc.] Such as were unclean, as Aben Ezra notes, as the ass, etc. and are distinguished from clean ones mentioned in the following clause; now both these, their sons, and this sort of cattle, were to be redeemed by a price paid to the priests: as it is written in the law, (<021302>Exodus 13:2,13 <041815>Numbers 18:15,16), and the firstlings of our herds, and of our flocks; clean cattle, which were to be offered, (<041817>Numbers 18:17,18), to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God; a price for the one sort, and the other for sacrifice.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“the firstborn: Exo 13:2, Exo 13:12-15, Exo 34:19; Lev 27:26, Lev 27:27; Num 18:15, Num 18:16; Deu 12:6 unto: Num 18:9-19; Co1 9:6-14; Gal 6:6 Nehemiah 10:37”
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