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 doorkeepers, every day what was needed, and they consecrated things for the Levites; and the Levites consecrated for the children of Aaron.
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Numbers 18:21And to the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they perform, the service of the tent of meeting.
2 Chronicles 31:5And as soon as the commandment was published, the children of Israel gave in abundance the firstfruits of corn, new wine and oil and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of all [things].
Nehemiah 10:35and 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,
Nehemiah 11:23For it was the king's commandment concerning them, and there was a settled portion for the singers, due for each day.
Nehemiah 12:12And in the days of Joiakim were priests, chief fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
Nehemiah 13:10And 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.
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 12:45-47
The People's Attention to Their Duty. ( b. c. 444.) 44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. 45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon… Read the whole commentary →