Add parallel Print Page Options

37 We will also bring the first of our coarse meal, of our contributions, of the fruit of every tree, of new wine, and of olive oil to the priests at the storerooms of the temple of our God, along with a tenth of the produce[a] of our land to the Levites, for the Levites are the ones who collect the tithes in all the cities where we work.[b] 38 A priest of Aaron’s line[c] will be with the Levites when the Levites collect the tithes, and the Levites will bring up a tenth of the tithes to the temple of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury. 39 The Israelites and the Levites will bring the contribution of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil to the storerooms where the utensils of the sanctuary are kept, and where the priests who minister stay, along with the gatekeepers and the singers. We will not neglect the temple of our God.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 10:37 tn Heb “a tithe of our land.”
  2. Nehemiah 10:37 tn Heb “of our work.”
  3. Nehemiah 10:38 tn Heb “And the priest the son of Aaron.”