Neh 10:37 | MHM | STEP | v. 37-38 : They also agreed to bring a tenth of everything (the tithe) to the Levites, as the law said (Nehemiah 10:37 ). The Levites, then, would give a tenth of what they received to the priests (Nehemiah 10:38 ). This rule comes from the law: I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel (Numbers 18:21-28 ). They remembered that in the past, when the people did not pay tithes, God said, You have robbed me (Malachi 3:8-9 ). But God also promised that if they brought their tithes, he would bless them: Bring all the tithes into the storehouse…and I will pour out a blessing (Nehemiah 10:10 ). v. 37-39 : The people said they would do all of this in every city where they worked the land (Nehemiah 10:37 ). Even though they were under foreign rulers and had to pay high taxes (Nehemiah 9:36 ), they did not use this as an excuse to avoid giving to God. They believed that serving God faithfully, even when life was hard, was the best way to find blessing and freedom in the future.

‏ Nehemiah 10:37

v. 37-38: They also agreed to bring a tenth of everything (the tithe) to the Levites, as the law said (Nehemiah 10:37 ^a). The Levites, then, would give a tenth of what they received to the priests (Nehemiah 10:38 ^b). This rule comes from the law: I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel (Numbers 18:21-28 ^c). They remembered that in the past, when the people did not pay tithes, God said, You have robbed me (Malachi 3:8-9 ^d). But God also promised that if they brought their tithes, he would bless them: Bring all the tithes into the storehouse…and I will pour out a blessing (Nehemiah 10:10 ^e).

v. 37-39: The people said they would do all of this in every city where they worked the land (Nehemiah 10:37 ^f). Even though they were under foreign rulers and had to pay high taxes (Nehemiah 9:36 ^g), they did not use this as an excuse to avoid giving to God. They believed that serving God faithfully, even when life was hard, was the best way to find blessing and freedom in the future.