Nehemiah 10:35

What does Nehemiah 10:35 mean?

A plain-English look at Nehemiah 10:35 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Nehemiah 10:35 means

They pledge to bring the firstfruits of their ground and all fruit of their trees year by year to the house of Jehovah. Firstfruits acknowledge God as the giver and owner of the harvest. By bringing the earliest and best, they confess trust in His provision for the rest. This practice trains hearts against greed and reminds the community that their prosperity is covenantal, not accidental. It weaves gratitude into the agricultural cycle, sanctifying ordinary work unto God.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and 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;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the Lord:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and 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;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And to take the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of every sort of tree, year by year, into the house of the Lord;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and to bring in the first fruits of our ground, and the first fruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of Jehovah,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And that we would bring the firstfruits of our land, and the firstfruits of all fruit of every tree, from year to year, in the house of our Lord.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and to bring the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year to the house of Jehovah,

Context

Continuing the logistics of worship support, this verse follows the wood-offering by focusing on agricultural devotion. Firstfruits offerings ensure that God’s house is honored at the start of each harvest. This prepares for the next verse concerning firstborns and for subsequent instructions on firstfruits of dough and tithes. The flow is from altar fuel to offerings from the field, moving step by step through the community’s material life.

v.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;

v.35This passage

v.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;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Numbers 18:12
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first-fruits of them which they give unto Jehovah, to thee have I given them.
Numbers 18:2
And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou near with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall be before the tent of the testimony.
Malachi 3:8
Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
2 Chronicles 31:3
He appointed also the king’s portion of his substance for the burnt-offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt-offerings, and the burnt-offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of Jehovah.
Leviticus 19:23
And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as their uncircumcision: three years shall they be as uncircumcised unto you; it shall not be eaten.
Proverbs 3:9
Honor Jehovah with thy substance, And with the first-fruits of all thine increase:

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