Nehemiah 10:37-39

10:37 We will also bring the first of our coarse meal, of our contributions, of the fruit of every tree, of new wine, and of olive oil to the priests at the storerooms of the temple of our God, along with a tenth of the produce ¹  of our land to the Levites, for the Levites are the ones who collect the tithes in all the cities where we work. ²  10:38 A priest of Aaron’s line ³  will be with the Levites when the Levites collect the tithes, and the Levites will bring up a tenth of the tithes to the temple of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury. 10:39 The Israelites and the Levites will bring the contribution of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil to the storerooms where the utensils of the sanctuary are kept, and where the priests who minister stay, along with the gatekeepers and the singers. We will not neglect the temple of our God.”

Nehemiah 13:5

13:5 He made for himself a large storeroom where previously they had been keeping ⁴  the grain offering, the incense, and the vessels, along with the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil as commanded for the Levites, the singers, the gate keepers, and the offering for the priests.

Nehemiah 13:12-13

13:12 Then all of Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil to the storerooms. 13:13 I gave instructions ⁵  that Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a certain Levite named Pedaiah be put in charge of ⁶  the storerooms, and that Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, be their assistant, ⁷  for they were regarded as trustworthy. It was then their responsibility to oversee the distribution to their colleagues. ⁸ 

Nehemiah 13:2

13:2 for they had not met the Israelites with food ⁹  and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.)

Nehemiah 13:11-12

13:11 So I registered a complaint with the leaders, asking “Why is the temple of God neglected?” Then I gathered them and reassigned them to their positions. ¹⁰ 

13:12 Then all of Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil to the storerooms.

Nehemiah 1:11

1:11 Please, ¹¹  O Lord, listen attentively ¹²  to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who take pleasure in showing respect ¹³  to your name. Grant your servant success today and show compassion to me ¹⁴  in the presence of this man.”

Now ¹⁵  I was cupbearer for the king.

¹ tn Heb “a tithe of our land.”

² tn Heb “of our work.”

³ tn Heb “And the priest the son of Aaron.”

⁴ tn Heb “giving.”

⁵ tc Probably one should read with the Lucianic Greek recension, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Vulgate וָאֲצַוֶּה (va’atsavveh, “and I commanded”) rather than the rare denominative verb וָאוֹצְרָה (va’otsÿrah, “and I appointed over the storeroom”) of the MT.

⁶ tn Heb “be over”

⁷ tn Heb “on their hand.”

⁸ tn Heb “brothers.”

⁹ tn Heb “bread.” The Hebrew term is generic here, however, referring to more than bread alone.

¹⁰ tn Heb “and I stood them on their standing.”

¹¹ tn The interjection אָנָּא (’anna’) is an emphatic term of entreaty: “please!” (BDB 58 s.v.; HALOT 69-70 s.v.). This term is normally reserved for pleas for mercy from God in life-and-death situations (2 Kgs 20:3 = Isa 38:3; Pss 116:4; 118:25; Jonah 1:14; 4:2) and for forgiveness of heinous sins that would result or have resulted in severe judgment from God (Exod 32:31; Dan 9:4; Neh 1:5, 11).

¹² tn Heb “let your ear be attentive.”

¹³ tn Heb “fear.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “grant compassion.” The words “to me” are supplied in the translation for the sake of smoothness and style in English.

¹⁵ tn The vav (ו) on וַאֲנִי (va’ani, “Now, I”) introduces a disjunctive parenthetical clause that provides background information to the reader.