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Nehemiah 10:37

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What does Nehemiah 10:37 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and 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.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and 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.
Nehemiah 10:37 — American Standard Version

Context — Nehemiah 10

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
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
“And that we should bring the first fruits of our dough, etc.] According to the law in (<041520>Numbers 15:20,21) and our offerings; their heave offerings, (<041808>Numbers 18:8,11) and the fruit of all manner of trees; bore by them on the fourth year after their planting, (<031923>Leviticus 19:23,24) of wine and oil; to which Aben Ezra restrains the fruit of the trees, (see <041812> Numbers 18:12), all these they were to bring unto the priests, to the chambers the house of our God; there to be laid up for the use of it; and oil and wine were frequently used in sacrifices: and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our…”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“10:37-39 The Levites collected the tithes in all . . . rural towns and sent a tenth of that collection to the Temple in Jerusalem (see Num 18:25-32).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“the firstfruits: Lev 23:17; Num 15:19-21, Num 18:12, Num 18:13; Deu 18:4, Deu 26:2 to the chambers: Neh 13:5, Neh 13:9; Kg1 6:5-10; Ch2 31:11, Ch2 31:12 and the tithes: Lev 27:30-33; Num 18:21, Num 18:24-32; Ch2 31:6; Mal 3:8, Mal 3:10 Nehemiah 10:38”
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