Nehemiah 13:10

8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense.

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.

11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.

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

    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.

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  • Malachi 3:8

    Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

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  • Nehemiah 12:47

    And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.

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  • Nehemiah 12:28–29

    And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;

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  • Malachi 1:6–14

    A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

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  • Numbers 35:2

    Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

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  • 1 Timothy 5:17–18

    Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

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  • Deuteronomy 12:19

    Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.

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