Nehemiah 13:10

8 And I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.

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.

I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.

11 So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts,

12 and all Judah brought a tenth of the grain, new wine, and oil into the storerooms.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.
KJV
And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.
WEB
I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them, so that the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had each fled to his field.
ASV
And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.
DARBY
And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given, and that the Levites and the singers that did the work had fled every one to his field.
BLB
And I knew that the portions for the Levites had not been given, and they had fled, each man to his field—the Levites and the singers doing the work.
ÅB
Jeg fikk også vite at levittene ikke hadde fått det som tilkom dem, og at derfor levittene og sangerne, som skulle gjøre tjeneste, hadde forlatt tjenesten og flyttet ut hver til sin gård.
OTB
Jeg oppdaget også at de delene som var tildelt levittene ikke hadde blitt gitt til dem, så levittene og sangerne som var ansvarlige for tjenesten hadde vendt tilbake til sine egne marker.
B1930
Jeg fikk også vite at levittene ikke hadde fått det som tilkom dem, og at derfor levittene og sangerne, som skulde gjøre tjeneste, hadde forlatt tjenesten og flyttet ut hver til sin gård.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Nehemiah 10:37

    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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  • Malachi 3:8

    Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.

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  • Nehemiah 12:47

    So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for the descendants of Aaron.

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  • Nehemiah 12:28–29

    The singers were also assembled from the region around Jerusalem, from the villages of the Netophathites,

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  • Malachi 1:6–14

    “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’

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  • Numbers 35:2

    “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.

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  • 1 Timothy 5:17–18

    Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

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  • Deuteronomy 12:19

    and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.

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