Bring the full tenth into the storehouse so that there may be food in my house. Test me in this way,’ says the Lord of Armies. ‘See if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out a blessing for you without measure.
King David also dedicated these to the Lord, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all the nations #– #from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and the Amalekites.
So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace and gave it to his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon son of Hezion king of Aram who lived in Damascus, saying,
He seized the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace. He took everything. He took all the gold shields that Solomon had made.
So all the work King Solomon did in the Lord’s temple was completed. Then Solomon brought in the consecrated things of his father David #– #the silver, the gold, and the utensils #– #and put them in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.
From the sons of Ladan, who were the descendants of the Gershonites through Ladan and were the family heads belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli.
He may assist his brothers to fulfil responsibilities at the tent of meeting, but he must not do the work. This is how you are to deal with the Levites regarding their duties.’
Then I said to them, ‘You are holy to the Lord, and the articles are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the Lord God of your ancestors.
On that same day men were placed in charge of the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tenths. The legally required portions for the priests and Levites were gathered from the village fields, because Judah was grateful to the priests and Levites who were serving.