Nehemiah 13:10

And I know that the portions of the Levites have not been given, and they flee each to his field—the Levites and the singers, doing the work.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

9and I command, and they cleanse the chambers, and I bring back there the vessels of the house of God with the present and the frankincense.

11And I strive with the prefects, and say, “Why has the house of God been forsaken?” And I gather them, and set them on their station;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:19take heed to yourself lest you forsake the Levite [for] all your days on your ground.

Nehemiah 10:37And the beginning of our dough, and our raised-offerings, and the fruit of every tree, of new wine, and of oil, we bring to the priests, into the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithe of our ground to the Levites; and they—the Levites—have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage;

Nehemiah 12:29and from the house of Gilgal, and from fields of Geba and Azmaveth, the singers have built for villages for themselves around Jerusalem;

Isaiah 43:23You have not brought to Me, || The lamb of your burnt-offerings, || And [with] your sacrifices you have not honored Me, || I have not caused you to serve with a present, || Nor wearied you with frankincense.

Malachi 3:8Does man deceive God? But you are deceiving Me, || And you have said, || In what have we deceived You? The tithe and the raised-offering!

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 13:2-10

The People's Attention to Their Duty. ( b. c. 444.) 1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; 2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. 3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all… Read the whole commentary →

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