He commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites, so that they might devote themselves to the law of the Lord.
Nehemiah 13:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, wine, and oil into the storehouses. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the storerooms. American Standard Version (1901) Then brought all Judah the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries. Common English Bible Then all Judah brought the tenth-part gifts of the grain, wine, and oil into the storehouses. Catholic Public Domain Version And all of Judah brought the tithes of the grain, and the wine, and the oil into the storehouses. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And all Juda brought the tithe of the corn, and the wine, and the oil into the storehouses. |
He commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites, so that they might devote themselves to the law of the Lord.
As soon as the word spread, the people of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, wine, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything.
On that day men were appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits, and the tithes, to gather into them the portions required by the law for the priests and for the Levites from the fields belonging to the towns, for Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who ministered.
“All tithes from the land, whether the seed from the ground or the fruit from the tree, are the Lord’s; they are holy to the Lord.
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house, and thus put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts; see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing.
Will anyone rob God? Yet you are robbing me! But you say, “How are we robbing you?” In your tithes and offerings!
“Set apart a tithe of all the yield of your seed that is brought in yearly from the field.