Nehemiah 10:37
What does Nehemiah 10:37 mean?
A plain-English look at Nehemiah 10:37 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Nehemiah 10:37 means
They will bring firstfruits of dough, heave-offerings, the fruit of all trees, new wine, and oil to the priests in the temple chambers, and they will give the tithes of their ground to the Levites, who collect tithes in all their agricultural towns. This lays out a clear pathway: priests receive certain offerings stored in chambers; Levites receive tithes where people live. It creates order, access, and accountability, ensuring that those who serve God’s house are provided for and that offerings reach their proper place.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And that we would take the first of our rough meal, and our lifted offerings, and the fruit of every sort of tree, and wine and oil, to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God; and the tenth of the produce of our land to the Levites; for they, the Levites, take a tenth in all the towns of our ploughed land.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the beginning of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of every tree, of new wine, and of oil, we bring in to the priests, unto the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithe of our ground to the Levites; and they--the Levites--have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And that we would bring the firstfruits of our meats, and of our libations, and the fruit of every tree, of the vintage also and of oil to the priests, to the storehouse of our God, and the tithes of our ground to the Levites. The Levites also shall receive the tithes of our works out of all the cities.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and that we should bring the first-fruits of our coarse meal and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, new wine and oil, to the priests, into the chambers of the house of ourGod, and the tithes of our ground to the Levites, that they, the Levites, should take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
Context
Building on firstfruits and firstborn commitments, this verse clarifies distribution: some offerings go to priests at the temple; tithes go to Levites throughout the land. The structure anticipates verse 38, where priests oversee the Levites’ receipt of tithes and the Levites bring a tithe of the tithes to the temple. The chapter is refining a system that supports worship without confusion or neglect.
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;
v.37This passage
v.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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 31:11
Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of Jehovah; and they prepared them;
- Malachi 3:10
Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
- Deuteronomy 26:2
that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt bring in from thy land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee; and thou shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
- 1 Kings 6:5
And against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about.
- Numbers 15:19
then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up a heave-offering unto Jehovah.
- 2 Chronicles 31:6
And the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated unto Jehovah their God, and laid them by heaps.
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