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Nehemiah 10:37

Nehemiah 10:37
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.

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Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.

Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes,.... There was always to be a priest with the Levites at such times, to take notice what quantity they received,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Nehemiah 10:32-39

Having covenanted against the sins they had been guilty of, they proceed in obliging themselves to revive and observe the duties they had neglected. We must not only cease to do evil, but learn to do…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

andthat we should bring The change of construction (cf. the infinitive -to bring" in Neh 10:35-36) somewhat favours the suggestion that this and the next two verses are a later insertion, introduced…