Nehemiah 13:10

And I perceived that the portions of the Levi'im had not been given them, for the Levi'im and the singers, that did the work, had gone back every one to his sadeh.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

9Then I commanded, and they made tahor the chambers, and there brought I again the vessels of the Beis HaElohim, with the minchah and the levonah.

11Then contended I with the officials, and said, Why is the Beis HaElohim forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:19Be shomer to thyself that thou forsake not the Levi as long as thou livest upon ha'adamah.

Nehemiah 10:37Also the bechorot baneinu, and of our cattle, as it is written in the Torah, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the Beis Eloheinu, unto the Kohanim that minister in the Beis Eloheinu;

Nehemiah 12:29Also from the Bais Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geva and Azmavet; for the singers had built villages around Yerushalayim.

Isaiah 43:23Thou hast not brought Me the seh (lamb) of thy olot; 1 neither hast thou honored Me with thy zevakhim. 1 I have not caused thee to serve with a minchah, 1 nor wearied thee with levonah (incense, frankincense). 1

Malachi 3:8Will a man rob G-d? 1 Yet ye have robbed Me. 1 But ye say: Wherein have we robbed Thee? 1 In ma'aser (tithes) and terumah (offerings, contributions). + 3:8 Ex 20:15 1

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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