Nehemiah 10:35
33 for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.
34 We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.
We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year.
36 And we will bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God.
37 Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.
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- BSB
- We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year.
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- and to bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all fruit of all kinds of trees, year by year, to the LORD’s house;
- ASV
- 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;
- DARBY
- 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,
- BLB
- and to bring in the firstfruits of our land and the firstfruits of all the fruit of every tree year by year, to the house of YHWH,
- ÅB
- Vi vedtok også år for år å føre førstegrøden av vår jord og de første modne frukter av alle trær til Herrens hus
- OTB
- Vi tar også på oss ansvaret for å bringe til Herrens hus hvert år førstegrøden av vår jord og førstegrøden av all frukt fra hvert tre.
- B1930
- Vi vedtok også år for år å føre førstegrøden av vår jord og de første modne frukter av alle trær til Herrens hus
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 26:2
you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,
Read in contextExodus 23:19
Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
Read in contextExodus 34:26
Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
Read in contextNumbers 18:12
I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.
Read in contextMalachi 3:8–12
Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.
Read in context2 Chronicles 31:3–10
The king contributed from his own possessions for the regular morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, as written in the Law of the LORD.
Read in contextProverbs 3:9–10
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
Read in contextLeviticus 19:23–26
When you enter the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you shall regard the fruit as forbidden. For three years it will be forbidden to you and must not be eaten.
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