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Nehemiah 10:39

in Nehemiah 10

For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the heave-offering of the grain, of the new wine, and of the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.

KJV

For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.

This verse in Nehemiah 10

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

When Israel was first brought into covenant with God it was done by sacrifice and the sprinkling of blood, Exod. xxiv. But here it was done by the more natural and common way of sealing and subscribing the written articles of the covenant, which bound them to no more than was already their duty.

This site's exposition

firstfruits of our dough

on Nehemiah 10:37-39

The last ordinance brings "the firstfruits of our dough" to the priests, and "A tenth of our produce" to the Levites in every town. The chapter closes on the vow the covenant was written to keep, "we will not neglect the house of our God," which chapter 13 tests.

This site's exposition

where the articles of the sanctuary are kept

The storerooms named here held the temple's articles and fed the priests, gatekeepers and singers on duty. When Nehemiah returned and found the Levites unpaid, he asked the officials why the house of God had been neglected, the word of this vow. All Judah then refilled the storerooms at 13:12.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was a constant charge to provide show-bread for the table, two lambs for the daily offerings, four for the sabbaths, and more, and more costly, sacrifices for other festivals, occasional sin-offerings, and meat-offerings, and drink-offerings for them all.
For the children of Israel, and the children of Levi, shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

and we will not forsake the house of our God--This solemn pledge was repeated at the close of the covenant as an expression of the intense zeal by which the people at this time were animated for the glory and the worship of God.

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

We will not forsake the house of our God - Here was a glorious resolution; and had they been faithful to it, they had been a great and good people to the present day. But what is implied in, We will not forsake the house of our God? I answer: - I. The Church of God is the house of God; there he has his constant dwelling-place. II. True believers are his family in this house; and this family consists of, 1. Fathers and mothers; 2. Young persons; 3. Little children; And 4. Servants. III.

The words behind it

25 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • כִּ֣יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הַ֠לְּשָׁכוֹתthe store-rooms

    haleshakhotH3957 →47 times

  • יָבִ֨יאוּthey will bring

    yaviuH935 →2568 times

  • בְנֵי־[the] people of

    venei-H1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וּבְנֵ֣יand [the] descendants of

    uveneiH1121 →4930 times

  • הַלֵּוִ֗יthe Levites

    haleviH3878 →

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • תְּרוּמַ֣ת[the] contribution of

    terumatH8641 →76 times

  • הַדָּגָן֮<the> grain

    hadaganH1715 →40 times

  • הַתִּיר֣וֹשׁthe new wine

    hatirooshH8492 →38 times

  • וְהַיִּצְהָר֒and the fresh oil

    vehaiyitzharH3323 →23 times

  • וְשָׁם֙and [will be] there

    veshamH8033 →834 times

  • כְּלֵ֣י[the] utensils of

    keleiH3627 →325 times

  • הַמִּקְדָּ֔שׁthe sanctuary

    hamikdashH4720 →

  • וְהַכֹּהֲנִים֙and the priests

    vehakohanimH3548 →750 times

  • הַמְשָׁ֣רְתִ֔יםwho serve

    hamsharetimH8334 →

  • וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֖יםand the gatekeepers

    vehashoarimH7778 →37 times

  • וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֑יםand the singers

    vehamshorerimH7891 →86 times

  • וְלֹ֥אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • נַעֲזֹ֖בwe will neglect

    naazoH5800 →215 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בֵּ֥ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃God our

    ʾeloheinuH430 →2601 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Hebrews 10:25

    Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

    it leads to

    • Acts 2:42

      They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

    • 1 Thessalonians 5:11

      Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.

    • Matthew 18:20

      For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”

    • Hebrews 3:13

      But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

    • Hebrews 10:24

      And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 12:17

    Within your gates you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, the firstborn of your herds or flocks, any of the offerings that you have vowed to give,…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 26:14

      I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while in mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or offered any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God;…

    • Deuteronomy 14:22–29

      You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 31:12

    And they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes, and dedicated gifts. Conaniah the Levite was the officer in charge of them, and his brother Shimei was second.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 35:9

      Additionally, Conaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, as well as Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, officers of the Levites, donated to the Levites 5,000 Passover offerings and 500 bulls.

Where this verse is studied

About Nehemiah

Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.