Nehemiah 10:34

Also, lots, did we cast, concerning the offering of wood among the priests, the Levites, and the people, to bring it unto the house of our God, by our ancestral houses, at times arranged, year by year,—to burn upon the altar of Yahweh our God, as it is written in the law.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:

In Context

33for the bread to set in array, and the continual meal-offering, and for the continual ascending-sacrifice, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the appointed feasts, and for things hallowed, and for victims bearing sin, to put a propitiatory-covering over Israel,—and for all the work of the house of our God.

35And that we would bring in the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruit of all fruit of all trees, year by year,—unto the house of Yahweh;

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Cross References

Leviticus 24:5And thou shalt take fine meal, and bake it, in twelve cakes,—of two-tenths, shall each cake be.

Numbers 28:2Command the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them,—My offering, my food for my altar-flames my satisfying odour, shall ye take heed to offer unto me in its season,

1 Chronicles 24:5They divided them, therefore, by [casting] lots, these with those,—for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, from among the sons of Eleazar, and among the sons of Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 25:8So they cast lots for their charges, all alike, as the small so the great, the teacher with the learner.

Ezra 3:5and, afterwards, the continual ascending-sacrifice, and, on the new moons, and on all the appointed seasons of Yahweh, the hallowed things,—also for every one that volunteered a voluntary offering unto Yahweh.

Nehemiah 13:31also for the offering of wood, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good!

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 →

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