Nehemiah 12:47
Now, all Israel—in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, used to give the portions of the singers and the doorkeepers, the need of a day upon its day,—and they hallowed them unto the Levites, and, the Levites, hallowed them unto the sons of Aaron.
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Numbers 18:21And unto the sons of Levi, lo! I have given all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance,—the allotted portion for their laborious work which, they are performing, the laborious work of the tent of meeting:
2 Chronicles 31:5And, as soon as the thing spread abroad, the sons of Israel caused to abound the firstfruit of corn, new wine, and oil, and honey, and all the increase of the field,-yea, the tithe of all—in abundance, brought they in.
Nehemiah 10:35And 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;
Nehemiah 11:23For, the commandment of the king, was upon them,—as to a fixed provision for the singers, the need of a day upon its day.
Nehemiah 12:12And, in the days of Joiakim, were priests, ancestral chiefs,—of Seraiah, Meraiah, of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
Nehemiah 13:10Then came I to know, that, the portions of the Levites, had not been given [them],—so that the Levites and the singers, who had been doing the work, had fled every one to his field.
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 12:45-47
The People's Attention to Their Duty. ( b. c. 444.) 44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. 45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon… Read the whole commentary →