Nehemiah 10:39
For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall carry to the treasury the firstfruits of corn, of wine, and of oil: and the sanctified vessels shall be there, and the priests, and the singing men, and the porters, and ministers, and we will not forsake the house of our God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Numbers 18:30And thou shalt say to them: If you offer all the goodly and the better things of the tithes, it shall be reckoned to you as if you had given the firstfruits of the barnfloor and the winepress:
Deuteronomy 12:17Thou mayst not eat in thy towns the tithes of thy corn, and thy wine, and thy oil, the firstborn of thy herds and thy cattle, nor any thing that thou vowest, and that thou wilt offer voluntarily, and the firstfruits of thy hands:
2 Chronicles 31:11Then Ezechias commanded to prepare storehouses in the house of the Lord. And when they had done so,
Nehemiah 13:12And all Juda brought the tithe of the corn, and the wine, and the oil into the storehouses.
Hebrews 10:25Not forsaking our assembly, as some are accustomed; but comforting one another, and so much the more as you see the day approaching.
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 →