Neh 12:47 | TNotes | STEP | 12:47 From the time of the first returnees to Jerusalem in the days of Zerubbabel in 538 BC (Ezra 3:1 ) until the time of Nehemiah around 445 BC , Israelites brought food for those working at the Temple. Most of the Levites lived in cities around the country; they collected the tithe and brought a tenth of what they received to the Temple in Jerusalem to support its ministry (see Neh 10:38-39 ).

bEzra 3:1►

cNeh 10:38-39►

‏ Nehemiah 12:47

12:47 ^a From the time of the first returnees to Jerusalem in the days of Zerubbabel in 538 BC (Ezra 3:1 ^b) until the time of Nehemiah around 445 BC, Israelites brought food for those working at the Temple. Most of the Levites lived in cities around the country; they collected the tithe and brought a tenth of what they received to the Temple in Jerusalem to support its ministry (see Neh 10:38-39 ^c).