Nehemiah 10:37

35 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.

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.

38 A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.

39 For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”

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BSB
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.
KJV
And 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.
WEB
and that we should bring the first fruits of our dough, our wave offerings, the fruit of all kinds of trees, and the new wine and the oil, to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground to the Levites; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all our farming villages.
ASV
and 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.
DARBY
and 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 our God, and the tithes of our ground to the Levites, that they, the Levites, should take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
BLB
And the first of our dough and our contributions, and the fruit of every tree, the new wine, and the oil, we shall bring to the priests, into the rooms of the house of our God, and the tithe of our land for the Levites, and they—the Levites—[are] those collecting the tithe in all the cities of our service.
ÅB
og det første av vårt mel og våre hellige gaver og alle slags trefrukt, most og olje skulle vi føre til prestene, til kammerne i vår Guds hus, og tienden av vår jord til levittene, og levittene skulle selv innkreve tiende i alle de byer hvor vi driver åkerbruk.
OTB
Videre vil vi bringe det første av vår deig, våre bidrag, frukten av hvert tre, den nye vinen og oljen til prestene ved kamrene i vår Guds hus, og tienden av vår jord til levittene, for levittene er de som mottar tiendene i alle de landlige byene.
B1930
og det første av vårt mel og våre hellige gaver og alle slags trefrukt, most og olje skulde vi føre til prestene, til kammerne i vår Guds hus, og tienden av vår jord til levittene, og levittene skulde selv innkreve tiende i alle de byer hvor vi driver akerbruk.

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 23:17

    Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD.

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  • Numbers 18:21

    Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.

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  • 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,

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  • Nehemiah 13:5

    and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.

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  • Nehemiah 13:9

    Then I ordered that the rooms be purified, and I had the articles of the house of God restored to them, along with the grain offerings and frankincense.

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  • Deuteronomy 18:4

    You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock.

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  • Leviticus 27:30–33

    Thus any tithe from the land, whether from the seed of the land or the fruit of the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.

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  • Numbers 15:19–21

    and you eat the food of the land, you shall lift up an offering to the LORD.

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