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Nehemiah 12:47

And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave the portions of the singers and the porters, the dues intended for their maintenance, every day his portion; and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites, brought in their consecrated or dedicated gifts; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron, the priests, the Levites turning over to the priests the tithe of the gifts which were dedicated to them and entrusted to their care. It augurs well for the work of the Church if all its members rejoice for the Lord's ministers and willingly take upon them the maintenance of the servants of the Word. The sacrifice of the lips is well-pleasing to the Lord only when supported by the sacrifice of the hands.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Nehemiah 12:47. _ALL ISRAEL - GAVE THE PORTIONS OF THE SINGERS_] The _singers_ and the _porters_ were supported by the _people at large_; and each of these had their portions served out to them...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The intention is to compare the religious activity and strictness of Nehemiah’s time with that which had prevailed under Zerubbabel, as described by Ezra Ezra 6:16, Ezra 6:22. It is implied that the i...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Priests and Levites at the time of the return under Zerubbabel and Joshua (Nehemiah 12:1)_ 2. The descendants of Joshua, the high priest (Nehemiah 12:10) 3. The heads of the priestl...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PROVISION FOR THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES. Probably an insertion by the Chronicler. Nehemiah 12:44. on that day: better, with AV, at that time, which is, in accordance with the Heb., more indefinite (_cf....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ALL ISRAEL. Used of Judah, Benjamin, and those who returned with them. See note on 1 Kings 12:17. CHILDREN. sons....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah_ The mention of Nehemiah in the 3rd person along with Zerubbabel is an almost convincing proof that the sentence was not from the hand of Nehemi...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    7. Concern is expressed over the support of the Levites. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 12:44-47 44 On that day men were also appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits, and the...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND ALL ISRAEL IN THE DAYS OF ZERUBBABEL, AND IN THE DAYS OF NEHEMIAH, GAVE THE PORTIONS OF THE SINGERS AND THE PORTERS, EVERY DAY HIS PORTION: AND THEY SANCTIFIED HOLY THINGS UNTO THE LEVITES; AND T...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    12:47 consecrated (d-31) Or 'set apart as holy.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    EVERY DAY HIS PORTION] RV 'as every day required.' SANCTIFIED _them_ UNTO] RV 'sanctified for': i.e. Israel set apart as holy certain portions for the Levites, and the latter for the priests....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DEDICATION OF THE WALL OF JERUSALEM 1. The priests] The names in Nehemiah 12:1 likewise appear with some variations in Nehemiah 10:3 see also Ezra 2:36....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 12 V1 This is a list of the priests and *Levites who returned from *exile. They returned with Zerubbabe...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Only the *descendants of Aaron could serve as priests. So the phrase ‘the *descendants of Aaron’ means the priests. Although the people were having a happy time they had to think about the future of...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (44-47) Economical arrangements....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE LEVITES. — Between the people and the priests came the Levites, who received the tithe and gave the priests their “tithe of the tithe” (Numbers 18:26)....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ כָל ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֩ בִּ ימֵ֨י זְרֻבָּבֶ֜ל וּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    BEGINNINGS Nehemiah 12:27 A CURIOUS feature of the history of the restoration of Israel already met with several times is postponement. Thus in the days of Cyrus. Zerubbabel leads up an expedition fo...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    NEGLECT OF RELIGIOUS DUTIES Nehemiah 12:44; Nehemiah 13:1 In Nehemiah 12:44 we have recorded the care that was manifested for the worthy maintenance of those who ministered in sacred things. As a res...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here the story of the settlement of the people in Jerusalem is completed. This IS followed by an account o f the solemn dedication of the wall. It would seem as though it had been postponed for some c...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified [holy things] unto the Levites; and...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS FROM the perusal of this Chapter my soul may learn that the minutest point belonging to the church of Jesus, in all ages, hath been interesting, The very porters of God's house are spoken...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I pass over every inferior consideration in those verses, to call the Reader's attention to what appears to me infinitely surpassing every other: I mean, that the holy songs of Nehemiah were evidently...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    It's Not How You Start I. INTRODUCTION 1. In Nehemiah 12:44-47 = people were appointed over the store rooms to collect the tithes, offerings, and firstfruits. a) Priests and singers were re-appoint...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 12 AND 13. We have already seen that gladness was the portion of the people; a joy which acknowledged God, for God had preserved the people and had blessed th...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _They sanctified holy things unto the Levites_ They set apart the first-fruits and tithes from their own share, and devoted them to the use of the Levites. And so did the Levites by the tithe of tithe...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The Priests, 8 and the Leuites which came vp with Zerubbabel. 10 The succession of hie Priests. 22 Certaine chiefe Leuites. 27 The solemnitie of the dedication of the walls. 44 The offices of P...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    PRIESTS AND LEVITES (vv. 1-26) In these verses God sees fit to list the names of the priests and Levites who came to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel in the first return for the rebuilding of the city. Ezr...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    SANCTIFIED: that is, set apart...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    44-47 When the solemnities of a thanksgiving day leave such impressions on ministers and people, that both are more careful and cheerful in doing their duty, they are indeed acceptable to the Lord, an...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THEY SANCTIFIED HOLY THINGS, i.e. they sequestered or set apart the first-fruits and tithes from their own share, and devoted them to the use of the Levites, to whom they belonged. And so did the Levi...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Nehemiah 12:47 days H3117 Zerubbabel H2216 days H3117 Nehemiah H5166 Israel H3478 gave H5414 (H8802) portions H4521

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TEMPLE TREASURY, AND THE CHAMBERS TO CONTAIN THE HEAVE-OFFERINGS, FIRSTFRUITS AND TITHES THAT WERE OFFERED TO YHWH, THEIR RESTORATION, AND THE EXCLUSION OF ALL WHO RELIGIOUSLY...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    MEN APPOINTED OVER THE STORAGE CHAMBERS IN THE TEMPLE AND ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE FOR THE GATHERING OF THE OFFERINGS AND TITHES FOR THE SUSTENANCE OF THE GOD-ORDAINED PRIESTS AND LEVITES (NEHEMIAH 12:44...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Priests and Levites who went to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel. Dedication of the walls. CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah, Ezra, Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Seraiah, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Great mercies call f...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Nehemiah 12:47. _They sanctified unto the levites, and the levites sanctified unto the children of Aaron._ They dedicated and delivered not only the tithes, and the tithe of the tithes, as stated in N...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And both the singers._ THANKS-GIVING AND THANKS-LIVING We have here the effects of the joy that was at the dedication of the wall. I. The ministers were more careful than they had been of their wor...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “The list of the inhabitants of the province (chap. 11) is followed by lists of the priests and Levites (Nehemiah 12:1). These different lists are, in fact, all connected with the...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    PART IV. DEDICATION OF THE WALL OF JERUSALEM UNDER NEHEMIAH AND EZRA, WITH NEHEMIAH'S ARRANGEMENT OF THE TEMPLE OFFICERS, AND HIS...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    In chapter 12: Now these are the priests and the Levites (Nehemiah 12:1) And so it gives the names of those priests and Levites that were serving at the time, and it gives their genealogy in verses N...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 31:5; 2 Chronicles 31:6; Galatians 6:6; Malachi 3:8;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Sanctified — They set apart the first — fruits and tithes from their own share, and devoted them to the use of the Levites. And so did the Levites by the tithe of the tithes. Thus they all conscientio...

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