37 (A)We will also bring the first of our [a]dough, our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the new wine, and the oil (B)to the priests at the chambers of the house of our God, and the (C)tithe of our ground to the Levites, for the Levites are they who receive the tithes in all the rural towns. 38 And (D)the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive tithes, and the Levites shall bring up the tenth of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers of (E)the storehouse. 39 For the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the (F)contribution of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the chambers; the utensils of the sanctuary, the priests who are ministering, the gatekeepers, and the singers are there. So (G)we will not [b]neglect the house of our God.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 10:37 Or coarse meal
  2. Nehemiah 10:39 Lit abandon

37 “Moreover, we will bring to the storerooms of the house of our God, to the priests, the first of our ground meal, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees and of our new wine and olive oil.(A) And we will bring a tithe(B) of our crops to the Levites,(C) for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all the towns where we work.(D) 38 A priest descended from Aaron is to accompany the Levites when they receive the tithes, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of the tithes(E) up to the house of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury. 39 The people of Israel, including the Levites, are to bring their contributions of grain, new wine and olive oil to the storerooms, where the articles for the sanctuary and for the ministering priests, the gatekeepers and the musicians are also kept.

“We will not neglect the house of our God.”(F)

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