To the chambers of the house of our God. — To the store-chambers, minutely described as they were of old in 1 Kings 6, Hezekiah appears to have added formerly a treasure-house for the tithes, referred to in the next verse (2 Chronicles 31:11).
In all the cities of our tillage. — Agricultural towns, so called here with reference to the fruits of the earth, which were deposited first in certain selected places.
CHAPTER 10 _ 1. Those who sealed the covenant (Nehemiah 10:1)_ 2. The obligations of the covenant (Nehemiah 10:28) Nehemiah 10:1. The last verse of the preceding chapter mentions a covenant. “A
NEHEMIAH 9:38 TO NEHEMIAH 10:39. THE COVENANT. This section is probably originally from Ezra's memoirs, though it has been considerably worked over, presumably not by the Chronicler, since he writes i...
OFFERINGS. heave offerings. See App-43. WINE. new wine. Hebrew. _tirosh._ App-27....
_and_that _we should bring_ The change of construction (cf. the infinitive -to bring" in Nehemiah 10:35) somewhat favours the suggestion that this and the next two verses are a later insertion, introd...
_WHAT DID THE PEOPLE PROMISE TO GIVE -- NEHEMIAH 10:32-39:_ The people make promises and ordinances that they would provide funds needed to do the work in the Temple. They determined to give a certain...
4. The people also arranged support for the Levites, who in turn would support the priests. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 10:34-39 34 Likewise we cast lots for the supply of wood among the priests, the Levites, an...
_AND TO BRING THE FIRSTFRUITS OF OUR GROUND, AND THE FIRSTFRUITS OF ALL FRUIT OF ALL TREES, YEAR BY YEAR, UNTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD:_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
10:37 meal (a-11) Or 'dough.' as Numbers 15:20 ; Ezekiel 44:30 ....
LIST OF THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE COVENANT 1. Now those that sealed _were_] The names that follow ZidMjah's are those of families whose living representatives sealed on behalf of their houses. Sev...
The people also promised to pay money each year. Each person would pay the same amount, as tax. They paid 4 grams (1/8 ounce) of silver. This money was to pay for all the work of the *temple. Then the...
THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 10 The people had listened to the law of God (Nehemiah chapter 8) and they had remembered their histor...
_[Nehemiah 10:38]_ וְ אֶת ־רֵאשִׁ֣ית עֲרִיסֹתֵ֣ינוּ וּ֠...
THE COVENANT Nehemiah 10:1 THE tenth chapter of Nehemiah introduces us to one of the most vital crises in the History of Israel. It shows us how the secret cult of the priests of Jehovah became a pop...
A PLEDGE OF BETTER SERVICE Nehemiah 10:28 The chapter opens with a list of the signers of the covenant, which was signed on behalf of the people. The consecration covenant involved-first, obedience;...
Following their humiliation, the people entered into a new covenant with God. This covenant was sealed representatively by the priests (3-8), Levites (9-13), rulers (14-27). To its terms all the peopl...
And [that] we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the...
_Meats. Hebrew, "paste," Numbers xv. 20., (Calmet) and xxiii. 17. --- Ground, or the produce. (Menochius)_...
(29) They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandmen...
JOHN BROWN Nehemiah 10-13 It's Not How You Start I. INTRODUCTION A. In our last study of the book of Nehemiah, we saw how the Lord had blessed His people by the reading and understanding of His Wo...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9, 10, AND 11. On the twenty-fourth day, the people came together to humble themselves in a manner that became their position, and they separated themselves f...
And [that] we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the...
_That the Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage_ That is, the tithes of all the fruits of the ground belonging to our several cities. _And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall...
1 The names of them that sealed the couenant. 29 The points of the couenant. 1 NOW those [NOTE: _Hebrew:_ at the sealings.] that sealed were, Nehemiah [NOTE: Or, the gouernour.] the Tirshatha the so...
and that we should bring the first-fruits of our dough, of groats, or ground barley, and our offerings, the voluntary gifts, AND THE FRUIT OF ALL MANNER OF TREES, OF WINE, AND OF OIL UNTO THE PRIESTS,...
THE PROVISIONS OF THE COVENANT...
THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO SEALED (vv. 1-27) Nehemiah is first mentioned as having endorsed the covenant, then 22 priests listed along with him (vv. 1-8). Then 17 Levites are listed (vv. 9-13), followed...
32-39 Having covenanted against the sins of which they had been guilty, they obliged themselves to observe the duties they had neglected. We must not only cease to do evil, but learn to do well. Let...
i.e. The tithes of all the fruits of the ground belonging to our several cities....
Nehemiah 10:37 bring H935 (H8686) firstfruits H7225 dough H6182 offerings H8641 fruit H6529 trees H6086 wine...
REGULATION IN RESPECT OF VARIOUS OFFERINGS (NEHEMIAH 10:35). We do not know how far these offerings had been neglected. There is no reason for arguing that they had hitherto been unknown. Even granted...
THE DETAILS OF THE AGREEMENT (NEHEMIAH 10:29). Throughout the books of Ezra and Nehemiah certain particular contemporary issues stand out. These include the taking of idolatrous foreign wives (Nehemia...
CONTENTS: The covenant and the signers. CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah. CONCLUSION: Conversion means a separating of ourselves from the course and custom of this world and devoting ourselves to the condu...
Nehemiah 10:1. _Those that sealed_ were the governor, the priests, the levites, and the chiefs or princes of the people. The more distinguished men of these several orders, with the full sanction of a...
_Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah._ COVENANTING WITH GOD - I. The parties entering the covenant. 1. Nehemiah the governor. This is true greatness in the sight of God, to be foremost in consecra...
_And the tithes._ TITHES Without inquiring into the reason for which the number ten has been so frequently preferred as a number of selection in the ones of tribute offerings, both sacred and secular...
_Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel._ VOLUNTARY TAXATION Not to enter upon the thorny path of endowed or voluntary religion, nor to inquire wh...
NEHEMIAH 10:1 Signatories and Specific Commitments. Many of the people agree to the covenant, and they accept the responsibility of funding the temple’s activities. ⇐...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 10:35 These agricultural offerings were to supply temple personnel, as specified in various laws (e.g., Exodus 23:19;...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 10:37 FIRST OF OUR DOUGH. See Numbers 15:20; Deuteron
EXPLANATORY NOTES.] NEHEMIAH 10:1.] “First came the name of the governor, _the Tirshatha;_ next _Zidkijah_, perhaps the secretary to the governor. Then follow twenty-one names of _priests_, seventeen...
EXPOSITION THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO SEALED, AND THE TERMS OF THE COVENANT (Nehemiah 10:1.). The covenant which the Levites had recommended, probably at the suggestion of Nehemiah and
Now these words were sealed and these people signed the covenant, starting with Nehemiah, the governor. And it gives the names of the leaders who signed the covenant. And the rest of the people, the p...
1 Kings 6:5; 2 Chronicles 31:11; 2 Chronicles 31:12; 2 Chronicles 31:6;...