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Nehemiah 10

Neh. 10:37 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And that we should bring
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: 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.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
the firstfruits
re'shiyth (Hebrew #7225)
the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
KJV usage: beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.
Pronounce: ray-sheeth'
Origin: from the same as 7218
of our dough
`ariycah (Hebrew #6182)
meal
KJV usage: dough.
Pronounce: ar-ee-saw'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to comminute
u, and our offerings
truwmah (Hebrew #8641)
from 7311; a present (as offered up), especially in sacrifice or as tribute
KJV usage: gift, heave offering ((shoulder)), oblation, offered(-ing).
Pronounce: ter-oo-maw'
Origin: or trumah (Deut. 12:11) {ter-oo-maw'}
, and the fruit
priy (Hebrew #6529)
fruit (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bough, ((first-)) fruit((-ful)), reward.
Pronounce: per-ee'
Origin: from 6509
v of all manner of trees
`ets (Hebrew #6086)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
KJV usage: + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
Pronounce: ates
Origin: from 6095
, of wine
tiyrowsh (Hebrew #8492)
from 3423 in the sense of expulsion; must or fresh grape-juice (as just squeezed out); by implication (rarely) fermented wine
KJV usage: (new, sweet) wine.
Pronounce: tee-roshe'
Origin: or tiyrosh {tee-roshe'}
and of oil
yitshar (Hebrew #3323)
oil (as producing light); figuratively, anointing
KJV usage: + anointed oil.
Pronounce: yits-hawr'
Origin: from 6671
, unto the priests
kohen (Hebrew #3548)
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV usage: chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Pronounce: ko-hane'
Origin: active participle of 3547
, to the chambers
lishkah (Hebrew #3957)
a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging)
KJV usage: chamber, parlour. Compare 5393.
Pronounce: lish-kaw'
Origin: from an unused root of uncertain meaning
of the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: 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).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of our God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
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
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
; and the tithes
ma`aser (Hebrew #4643)
and (in plural) feminine maasrah {mah-as-raw'}; from 6240; a tenth; especially a tithe
KJV usage: tenth (part), tithe(-ing).
Pronounce: mah-as-ayr'
Origin: or maasar {mah-as-ar'}
w of our ground
'adamah (Hebrew #127)
soil (from its general redness)
KJV usage: country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
Pronounce: ad-aw-maw'
Origin: from 119
unto the Levites
Leviyiy (Hebrew #3881)
patronymically from 3878; a Levite or descendant of Levi
KJV usage: Leviite.
Pronounce: lay-vee-ee'
Origin: or Leviy {lay-vee'}
, that the same Levites
Leviyiy (Hebrew #3881)
patronymically from 3878; a Levite or descendant of Levi
KJV usage: Leviite.
Pronounce: lay-vee-ee'
Origin: or Leviy {lay-vee'}
might have the tithes
`asar (Hebrew #6237)
to accumulate; but used only as denominative from 6235; to tithe, i.e. to take or give a tenth
KJV usage: X surely, give (take) the tenth, (have, take) tithe(-ing, -s), X truly.
Pronounce: aw-sar'
Origin: a primitive root (ident. with 6238)
in all the cities
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
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)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
of our tillage
`abodah (Hebrew #5656)
from 5647; work of any kind
KJV usage: act, bondage, + bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, X wrought.
Pronounce: ab-o-daw'
Origin: or mabowdah {ab-o-daw'}
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Num. 15:19• 19Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the Lord. (Num. 15:19)
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Deut. 18:4• 4The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. (Deut. 18:4)
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Deut. 26:2• 2That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there. (Deut. 26:2)
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Num. 18:21• 21And, 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. (Num. 18:21)
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Mal. 3:8,10• 8Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
 10Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. (Mal. 3:8,10)

More on:

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Chamber,
First-Fruits,
God,
House,
Levites,
Offering; Offering Up,
Oil,
Priest; Priesthood,
Tithes,
Wine

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the first-fruits.
Lev. 23:17• 17Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the Lord. (Lev. 23:17)
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Num. 15:19‑21• 19Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the Lord.
 20Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.
 21Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord an heave offering in your generations. (Num. 15:19‑21)
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Num. 18:12‑13• 12All 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.
 13And 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. (Num. 18:12‑13)
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Deut. 18:4• 4The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. (Deut. 18:4)
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Deut. 26:2• 2That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there. (Deut. 26:2)
to the chambers.
Neh. 13:5,9• 5And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.
 9Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense. (Neh. 13:5,9)
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1 Kings 6:5‑10• 5And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
 6The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
 7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
 8The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
 9So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
 10And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar. (1 Kings 6:5‑10)
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2 Chron. 31:11‑12• 11Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord; and they prepared them,
 12And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next. (2 Chron. 31:11‑12)
and the tithes.
Lev. 27:30‑33• 30And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy unto the Lord.
 31And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.
 32And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the Lord.
 33He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. (Lev. 27:30‑33)
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Num. 18:21,24‑32• 21And, 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.
 24But 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.
 25And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
 26Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe.
 27And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
 28Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the Lord of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the Lord's heave offering to Aaron the priest.
 29Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the Lord, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.
 30Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
 31And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
 32And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. (Num. 18:21,24‑32)
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2 Chron. 31:6• 6And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the Lord their God, and laid them by heaps. (2 Chron. 31:6)
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Mal. 3:8,10• 8Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
 10Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. (Mal. 3:8,10)
• Numb. 8:11. All the work of the house of God, except the strictly priestly duties, devolved upon them; and provision was made for their support in the tithes imposed upon the people. Both the priests and the Levites were to be sustained by the offerings of the people, the character of which had all been duly prescribed (see Numb. 18). (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 10” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and that we should bring the first-fruits of our coarse meala and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, new wine and oil, to the priests, into the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithes of our ground to the Levites, that they, the Levites, should take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "dough." as Num. 15.20; Ezek. 44.30.