John Gill's Exposition on Nehemiah 10:37

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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 village; the tenth part of the produce of their agriculture everywhere throughout the land, (see <041821>Numbers 18:21).

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