35 And to bring the firstfruits of our land, and the first of all the fruits of all trees, year by year, into the house of the Lord,

36 And the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is [a]written in the Law, and the firstborn of our bullocks, and of our sheep, to bring it into the house of our God, unto the Priests that minister in the house of our God,

37 And that we should bring the firstfruit of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of every tree, of wine and of oil, unto the Priests, to the chambers of the house of our God: and the tithes of our land unto the Levites, that the Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our [b]travail.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 10:36 By this rehearsal is meant that there was no part nor ceremony in the Law, whereunto they did not bind themselves by covenant.
  2. Nehemiah 10:37 Wheresoever we labored, or travailed, there the tithes were due unto the Lord both by the Law, and according to the oath and covenant that we made.

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