I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields. Cross References Deuteronomy 12:19 and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land. Nehemiah 10:37 Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor. Nehemiah 10:39 For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God." Nehemiah 12:28 The singers were also assembled from the region around Jerusalem, from the villages of the Netophathites, Nehemiah 12:29 from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem. Treasury of Scripture And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field. the portions. Nehemiah 10:37 Nehemiah 12:47 Malachi 1:6-14 to his field. Numbers 35:2 |