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the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Contemporary English Version

Nehemiah 10:35

Each year we will bring to the temple the first part of our harvest of grain and fruit.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Decision;   First Fruits;   Liberality;   Thompson Chain Reference - First-Fruits;   Ownership, Divine;   Stewardship-Ownership;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - First Fruits, the;   Forsaking God;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Malachi;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Firstfruits;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Azariah;   Firstfruits;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Fruit;   Nehemiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Addan;   Canon of the Old Testament;   Ezra;   Ezra, Book of;   Jehoiarib;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Synagogue;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - First-fruits;   Idolatry;   Smith Bible Dictionary - First-Fruits;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - First-Fruits;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Festivals;   Haggai;   Lots;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
We will bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the Lord’s house year by year.
Hebrew Names Version
and to bring the first fruits of our ground, and the first fruits of all fruit of all manner of trees, year by year, to the house of the LORD;
King James Version
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 :
English Standard Version
We obligate ourselves to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of the Lord ;
New Century Version
We also will bring the firstfruits from our crops and the firstfruits of every tree to the Temple each year.
New English Translation
We also accept responsibility for bringing the first fruits of our land and the first fruits of every fruit tree year by year to the temple of the Lord .
Amplified Bible
and [we obligate ourselves] to bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all the fruit of every tree to the house of the LORD annually,
New American Standard Bible
and so that they could bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all the fruit of every tree to the house of the LORD annually,
World English Bible
and to bring the first fruits of our ground, and the first fruits of all fruit of all manner of trees, year by year, to the house of Yahweh;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And to bring the first fruites of our land, and the first of all the fruites of all trees, yeere by yeere, into the house of the Lorde,
Legacy Standard Bible
and to bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all the fruit of every tree to the house of Yahweh annually,
Berean Standard Bible
We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year.
Complete Jewish Bible
"We, the cohanim, the L'vi'im and the people, will cast lots in connection with the wood offering, so that it will be brought to the house of our God according to our fathers' clans, at specified times, year by year, and then be burned on the altar of Adonai our God, as prescribed in the Torah.
Darby Translation
and to bring the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year to the house of Jehovah,
Easy-to-Read Version
"We also accept the responsibility of bringing the first part of our harvest, whether from the grain in our fields or the fruit from our trees. We will bring them to the Lord 's Temple each year.
George Lamsa Translation
And to bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all fruit of the trees, year by year, to the house of the LORD;
Good News Translation
Lexham English Bible
We also bring the first fruits of our soil and the first fruits of all the fruit trees, year by year, for the house of Yahweh.
Literal Translation
also to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, to the house of Jehovah;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and yearly to brynge the firstlinges of or londe, & the firstlinges of oure frutes of all trees, yeare by yeare, vnto ye house of the LORDE:
American Standard Version
and to bring the first-fruits of our ground, and the first-fruits of all fruit of all manner of trees, year by year, unto the house of Jehovah;
Bible in Basic English
And to take the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of every sort of tree, year by year, into the house of the Lord;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And to bring the first fruites of our land, and the firstlinges of our fruites of all trees yere by yere vnto the house of the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And we cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood-offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at times appointed, year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law;
King James Version (1611)
And to bring the first fruits of our ground, and the first fruites of all fruit of all trees, yeere by yeere, vnto the house of the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and to bring the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of the fruit of every tree, year by year, into the house of the Lord:
English Revised Version
and to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all manner of trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and that we bringe the firste gendrid thingis of oure lond, and the firste fruytis of al fruyt of ech tree, fro yeer in to yeer,
Update Bible Version
and to bring the first fruits of our ground, and the first fruits of all fruit of all manner of trees, year by year, to the house of Yahweh;
Webster's Bible Translation
And to bring the first-fruits of our ground, and the first-fruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, to the house of the LORD:
New King James Version
And we made ordinances to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, to the house of the LORD;
New Living Translation
"We promise to bring the first part of every harvest to the Lord 's Temple year after year—whether it be a crop from the soil or from our fruit trees.
New Life Bible
We promise to bring the first-fruits of our ground and the first-fruits of all the fruit of every tree to the house of the Lord each year.
New Revised Standard
We obligate ourselves to bring the first fruits of our soil and the first fruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of the Lord ;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And that we would bring in the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruit of all fruit of all trees, year by year, - unto the house of Yahweh;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And that we would bring the firstfruits of our land, and the firstfruits of all fruit of every tree, from year to year, in the house of our Lord.
Revised Standard Version
We obligate ourselves to bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of the LORD;
Young's Literal Translation
and to bring in the first fruits of our ground, and the first fruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of Jehovah,
THE MESSAGE
We take responsibility for delivering annually to The Temple of God the firstfruits of our crops and our orchards, our firstborn sons and cattle, and the firstborn from our herds and flocks for the priests who serve in The Temple of our God—just as it is set down in The Revelation.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and that they might bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all the fruit of every tree to the house of the LORD annually,

Contextual Overview

32 Once a year we will each donate a small amount of silver to the temple of our God. 33 This is to pay for the sacred bread, as well as for the daily sacrifices and special sacrifices such as those offered on the Sabbath and during the New Moon Festival and the other festivals. It will also pay for the sacrifices to forgive our sins and for all expenses connected with the worship of God in the temple. 34 We have decided that the families of priests, Levites, and ordinary people will supply firewood for the temple each year, so that sacrifices can be offered on the altar, just as the Lord our God has commanded. 35 Each year we will bring to the temple the first part of our harvest of grain and fruit. 36 We will bring our first-born sons and the first-born males of our herds and flocks and offer them to the priests who serve in the temple, because this is what is written in God's Law. 37 To the priests in the temple of our God, we will bring the bread dough from the first harvest, together with our best fruit, and an offering of new wine and olive oil. We will bring ten percent of our grain harvest to those Levites who are responsible for collecting it in our towns. 38 A priest from the family of Aaron must be there when we give this to the Levites. Then the Levites will put one tenth of this part in the temple storeroom, 39 which is also the place for the sacred objects used by the priests, the temple guards, and the singers. Levites and everyone else must bring their gifts of grain, wine, and olive oil to this room. We will not neglect the temple of our God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, Leviticus 19:23-26, Numbers 18:2, Numbers 18:12, Deuteronomy 26:2, 2 Chronicles 31:3-10, Proverbs 3:9, Proverbs 3:10, Malachi 3:8-12

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 31:5 - came abroad Nehemiah 12:47 - gave Ezekiel 44:30 - all the firstfruits Romans 11:16 - if the firstfruit

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And to bring the firstfruits of our ground,.... Not that they cast lots to do this, but they bound themselves with an oath, according to the law, to do it; this is the first of all the fruits of the earth, Exodus 23:19, though Aben Ezra restrains it to the sheaf of the firstfruits, and to the two wave loaves, Leviticus 23:10,

and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees; which, as Aben Ezra observes, their wise men restrain to the seven kinds only mentioned in Deuteronomy 8:8.


 
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