Nehemiah 12:44

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.

Some

Chambers

1 Chronicles 9:26

1 Chronicles 26:21

Levites

Romans 12:7

General references

Leviticus 27:30

Bible References

Some

And that we would take the first of our rough meal, and our lifted offerings, and the fruit of every sort of tree, and wine and oil, to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God; and the tenth of the produce of our land to the Levites; for they, the Levites, take a tenth in all the towns of our ploughed land.

Had made ready for him a great room, where at one time they kept the meal offerings, the perfume, and the vessels and the tenths of the grain and wine and oil which were given by order to the Levites and the music-makers and the door-keepers, and the lifted offerings for the priests.

By whom burned offerings and perfumes are sent up in smoke before the Lord every morning and every evening; and they put out the holy bread on its table and the gold support for the lights with its lights burning every evening; for we keep the orders given to us by the Lord our God, but you have gone away from him.

Then Hezekiah said that store-rooms were to be made ready in the house of the Lord; and this was done.

Chambers

For the four chief door-keepers, who were Levites, had a special position, looking after the rooms and the store-houses of the house of God.

The sons of Ladan: sons of the Gershonites of the family of Ladan, heads of families of Ladan the Gershonite, Jehieli.

Levites

And give orders that Aaron and his sons are to keep their place as priests; any strange person who comes near is to be put to death.

This is the rule for the Levites: those of twenty-five years old and over are to go in and do the work of the Tent of meeting;

Their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron in all the work of the house of the Lord, in the open spaces and in the rooms, in the making clean of all the holy things, in doing all the work of the house of the Lord,

Now when the priests had come out of the holy place, (for all the priests who were present had made themselves holy, not keeping to their divisions;

Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house.

But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.

Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;

General references

And every tenth part of the land, of the seed planted, or of the fruit of trees, is holy to the Lord.