Nehemiah 10:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.

Ver. 38. And the priest the son of Aaron] That son of Aaron by an eminency, the high priest.

Shall be with the Levites] To see that right be done, and to make an equal distribution.

When the Levites take tithes] As their due, and not as a benevolence from the people. Melchizedeck tithed Abraham, Hebrews 7:6. It is your reward or wages which you dearly earn, and may justly call for, Numbers 10:31,32. The chief of the Levites demanded their due, when they were not thought of; but, by great oversight, were passed over in the division, Joshua 21:1 .

And the Levites shall bring up] See Trapp on " Neh 10:37 "

Nehemiah 10:38

38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.