Nehemiah 10:37
And
that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the
fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the
chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the
Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our
tillage.
a. NLT: We will store the produce in the storerooms
of the Temple of our God. We will bring the best of our flour and other grain offerings,
the best of our fruit, and the best of our new wine and olive oil. And we
promise to bring to the Levites a tenth of everything our land produces, for it
is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our rural towns.
b. NIV: “Moreover, we
will bring to the storerooms of the house of our God, to the priests, the first
of our ground meal, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees and
of our new wine and olive oil. And we will bring a tithe of our crops to the
Levites, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all the towns where we
work.
c. YLT: And the beginning of our dough, and our
heave-offerings, and the fruit of every tree, of new wine, and of oil, we bring
in to the priests, unto 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;
d. Amplified Bible Classic: And we shall bring the
first and best of our coarse meal, our contributions, the fruit of all
kinds of trees, of new wine, and of oil to the priests, to the chambers of the
house of our God. And we shall bring the tithes from our ground to the Levites,
for they, the Levites, collect the tithes in all our rural towns.
e. Septuagint: And 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.
f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: [Here in
the Jewish Scripture Nehemiah 10:38 is what is in our Bibles Nehemiah 10:37] And
that we would bring the first of our dough and our separated portions of grain
of the fruits of every tree, wine and olive oil, to the Kohanim, to the
chambers of the Temple of our God; and a tithe of [the produce of] our land to the
Levites, those Levites who receive the tithes being present in all the cities
of our labor.
1. “And that we should bring the firstfruits of our
dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of
oil, unto the priests...”
a. [And that] we should bring [Strong: 935 * bow' bo
a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications):--abide,
apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call,
carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to
pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into,
-tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in,
to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in,
put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take
(in), way.]
b. the firstfruits [Strong: 7225 * re'shiyth
ray-sheeth' from the same as 7218; the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically,
a firstfruit):--beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal
thing.]
c. of our dough [Strong: 6182 * `ariycah ar-ee-saw'
from an unused root meaning to comminute; meal:--dough.]
d. and our offerings [Strong: 8641 * truwmah
ter-oo-maw' or trumah (Deut. 12:11) {ter-oo-maw'}; from 7311; a present (as
offered up), especially in sacrifice or as tribute:-- gift, heave offering
((shoulder)), oblation, offered(-ing).]
e. and the fruit [Strong: 6529 * priy per-ee' from 6509;
fruit (literally or figuratively):--bough, ((first-)) fruit((-ful)), reward.]
f. of all [Strong: 3605 * kol kole or (Jer. 33:8)
kowl {kole}; from 3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the
singular only, but often in a plural sense):--(in) all (manner, (ye)),
altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many
as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).]
g. manner of trees [Strong: 6086 * `ets ates from 6095;
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks):--+ carpenter, gallows,
helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.]
h. of wine [Strong: 8492 * tiyrowsh tee-roshe' or
tiyrosh {tee-roshe'}; from 3423 in the sense of expulsion; must or fresh
grape-juice (as just squeezed out); by implication (rarely) fermented
wine:--(new, sweet) wine.]
i. and of oil [Strong: 3323 * yitshar yits-hawr'
from 6671; oil (as producing light); figuratively, anointing:--+ anointed oil.]
j. unto the priests [Strong: 3548 * kohen ko-hane'
active participle of 3547; literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by
courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman):--chief ruler, X own, priest,
prince, principal officer.]
1). In this verse we can see the difference
between the firstfruits and the tithe. Many people in error use the terms
interchangeably. It is clearly shown in this passage and others that they are
two different offerings because they have different destinations. The priests
were to receive the firstfruits of the ground, the firstfruits of the trees,
the firstborn of sons, of cattle, the firstlings of the herds and flocks, the
firstfruits of dough, offerings, trees, wine, and oil.
a). Numbers 18:8-19 And the LORD spake unto Aaron,
Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed
things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the
anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.
18:9 This shall be thine of the most holy things,
reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, and every meat offering of
theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of
theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and thy
sons.
18:10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it;
every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.
18:11 And this is thine; the heave offering of their
gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them
to unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for
ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
18:12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of
the wine, and of the wheat, THE FIRSTFRUITS OF THEM WHICH THEY SHALL OFFER UNTO
THE LORD, THEM HAVE I GIVEN THEE.
18:13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land,
which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean
in thine house shall eat of it.
18:14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
18:15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all
flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be
thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man, shalt thou surely redeem, and the
firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
18:16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month
old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
18:17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling
of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy:
thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for a
offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
18:18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the
wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.
18:19 All the heave offerings of the holy things,
which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons
and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt
for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
2. “…to the chambers of the house of our God…”
a. to [Strong: 413 * 'el ale (but only used in the
shortened constructive form sel {el}); a primitive particle; properly, denoting
motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with
or among; often in general, to:--about, according to ,after, against, among, as
for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, X hath,
in(- to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether,
with(-in).]
b. the chambers [Strong: 3957 * lishkah lish-kaw'
from an unused root of uncertain meaning; a room in a building (whether for
storage, eating, or lodging):--chamber, parlour.]
c. of the house [Strong: 1004 * bayith bah'-yith
probably from 1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of
applications, especially family, etc.):--court, daughter, door, + dungeon,
family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born),
(winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, +
tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).]
d. of our God [Strong: 430 * 'elohiym el-o-heem'
plural of 433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural
thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by
way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative:--angels, X
exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.]
3. “…and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites,
that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.”
a. and the tithes [Strong: 4643 * ma`aser
mah-as-ayr' or maasar {mah-as-ar'}; and (in plural) feminine maasrah
{mah-as-raw'}; from 6240; a tenth; especially a tithe:-- tenth (part),
tithe(-ing).]
b. of our ground [Strong: 127 * 'adamah ad-aw-maw'
from 119; soil (from its general redness):--country, earth, ground, husband(-man)
(-ry), land.]
c. unto the Levites [Strong: 3881 * Leviyiy
lay-vee-ee' or Leviy {lay-vee'}; patronymically from 3878; a Levite or
descendant of Levi:--Leviite.]
d. that the same [Strong: 1992 * hem haym or
(prolonged) hemmah {haym'-maw}; masculine plural from 1981; they (only used
when emphatic):--it, like, X (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the)
same, X so, X such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal,
ye.]
e. Levites [Strong: 3881 * Leviyiy lay-vee-ee' or
Leviy {lay-vee'}; patronymically from 3878; a Levite or descendant of
Levi:--Leviite.]
f. [might have] the tithes [Strong: 6237 * `asar
aw-sar' a primitive root (ident. with 6238); to accumulate; but used only as
denominative from 6235; to tithe, i.e. to take or give a tenth:--X surely, give
(take) the tenth, (have, take) tithe(-ing, -s), X truly.]
g. in all [Strong: 3605 * kol kole or (Jer. 33:8)
kowl {kole}; from 3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the
singular only, but often in a plural sense):--(in) all (manner, (ye)),
altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many
as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).]
h. the cities [Strong: 5892 * `iyr eer or (in the
plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place
guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or
post):--Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.]
i. of our tillage [Strong: 5656 * `abodah ab-o-daw'
or mabowdah {ab-o-daw'}; from 5647; work of any kind:--act, bondage, +
bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude),
tillage, use, work, X wrought.]
1). The tithe was to go to the Levites.
a). Numbers 18:21-24 And, behold, I have given the
children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service
which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
18:22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth
come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
18:23 But the Levites shall do the service of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be
a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of
Israel they have no inheritance.
18:24 But the tithes of the children of Israel,
which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the
Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of
Israel they shall have no inheritance.
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