Nehemiah 13:10

I also found out that because the portions for the Levites had not been given, each of the Levites and the singers performing the service had gone back to his own field.

Nehemiah 10:37

We will bring a loaf from our first batch of dough to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God. We will also bring the firstfruits of our grain offerings, of every fruit tree, and of the new wine and oil. A tenth of our land’s produce belongs to the Levites, for the Levites are to collect the one-tenth offering in all our agricultural towns.

Malachi 3:8

“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!”

You ask: “How do we rob You?”

“By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.

Numbers 35:2

“Command the Israelites to give cities out of their hereditary property for the Levites to live in and pastureland around the cities.

Deuteronomy 12:19

and be careful not to neglect the Levite, as long as you live in your land.

Nehemiah 12:28-29

The singers gathered from the region around Jerusalem, from the villages of the Netophathites,

Nehemiah 12:47

So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for the descendants of Aaron.

Malachi 1:6-14

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me? says Yahweh of Hosts to you priests, who despise My name.”

Yet you ask: “How have we despised Your name?”

1 Timothy 5:17-18

The elders who are good leaders should be considered worthy of an ample honorarium, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

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Summary

And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.

To his field

Bible References

The portions

Nehemiah 10:37
We will bring a loaf from our first batch of dough to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God. We will also bring the firstfruits of our grain offerings, of every fruit tree, and of the new wine and oil. A tenth of our land’s produce belongs to the Levites, for the Levites are to collect the one-tenth offering in all our agricultural towns.
Nehemiah 12:47
So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for the descendants of Aaron.
Malachi 1:6
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me? says Yahweh of Hosts to you priests, who despise My name.”

Yet you ask: “How have we despised Your name?”
Malachi 3:8
“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!”

You ask: “How do we rob You?”

“By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.
1 Timothy 5:17
The elders who are good leaders should be considered worthy of an ample honorarium, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

To his field

Numbers 35:2
“Command the Israelites to give cities out of their hereditary property for the Levites to live in and pastureland around the cities.

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