Nehemiah 13:10

The failure of the people to furnish the due supplies to the Levites; and Nehemiah's reform

10. the portions of the Levites The portion which the people had covenanted to contribute to the Levites (cf. Nehemiah 10:37 ff.) had not been paid. The Levites to escape starvation had dispersed into the country. The Temple services were therefore crippled. Compare the similar rebuke in Malachi 3:7-12. -The Levites" here used for the whole class.

for R.V. so that. Their dispersion was the result, not the occasion of non-payment.

the singers Under this head, the porters (Nehemiah 13:5) would be included.

every one to his field For mention of the country villages -round about Jerusalem," to which -the Levites and the singers" resorted, cf. Nehemiah 12:27-29.