Nehemiah 13:12
And all Juda brought a tithe of the wheat and the wine and the oil into the treasuries,
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 27:30Every tithe of the land, both of the seed of the land, and of the fruit of trees, is the Lord's, holy to the Lord.
Numbers 18:21And, behold, I have given to the sons of Levi every tithe in Israel for an inheritance for their services, whereinsoever they perform ministry in the tabernacle of witness.
Deuteronomy 14:22Thou shalt tithe a tenth of all the produce of thy seed, the fruit of thy field year by year.
Nehemiah 10:37And the first-fruits of our corn, and the fruit of every tree, of wine, and of oil, will we bring to the priests to the treasury of the house of God; and a tithe of our land to the Levites: for the Levites themselves shall receive tithes in all the cities of the land we cultivate.
Nehemiah 12:44And in that day they appointed men over the treasuries, for the treasures, the first-fruits, and the tithes, and for the chiefs of the cities who were assembled among them, to furnish portions for the priests and Levites: for there was joy in Juda over the priests and over the Levites that waited.
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 13:11-15
Abuses Rectified. ( b. c. 434.) 10 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. 13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the… Read the whole commentary →