Nehemiah 10:38

And the priest, the son of Aaron, is to be with the Levites, when the Levites take the tenths: and the Levites are to take a tenth of the tenths into the house of our God, to the rooms, into the store-house;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.

In Context

37And that we would take the first of our rough meal, and our lifted offerings, and the fruit of every sort of tree, and wine and oil, to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God; and the tenth of the produce of our land to the Levites; for they, the Levites, take a tenth in all the towns of our ploughed land.

39For the children of Israel and the children of Levi are to take the lifted offering of the grain and wine and oil into the rooms where the vessels of the holy place are, together with the priests and the door-keepers and the makers of music: and we will not give up caring for the house of our God.

Read all of Nehemiah 10

Cross References

Leviticus 27:30And every tenth part of the land, of the seed planted, or of the fruit of trees, is holy to the Lord.

Numbers 15:21From generation to generation you are to give to the Lord a lifted offering from the first of your rough meal.

Numbers 18:24For the tenths which the children of Israel give as a lifted offering to the Lord I have given to the Levites as their heritage. and so I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they will have no heritage.

Deuteronomy 14:22Put on one side a tenth of all the increase of your seed, produced year by year.

2 Chronicles 31:11Then Hezekiah said that store-rooms were to be made ready in the house of the Lord; and this was done.

Nehemiah 13:31And for the wood offering, at fixed times, and for the first fruits. Keep me in mind, O my God, for good.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 10:33-39

The Renewal of Sacred Rites. ( b. c. 444.) 32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God; 33 For the showbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God. 34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Nehemiah 10:38