2 Chronicles 31:4-10

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⁴He ordered the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion^(A) due the priests and Levites so they could devote themselves to the Law of the Lord. ⁵As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously gave the firstfruits^(B) of their grain, new wine,^(C) olive oil and honey and all that the fields produced. They brought a great amount, a tithe of everything. ⁶The people of Israel and Judah who lived in the towns of Judah also brought a tithe^(D) of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things dedicated to the Lord their God, and they piled them in heaps.^(E) ⁷They began doing this in the third month and finished in the seventh month.^(F) ⁸When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the Lord and blessed^(G) his people Israel.

⁹Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the heaps; ¹⁰and Azariah the chief priest, from the family of Zadok,^(H) answered, “Since the people began to bring their contributions to the temple of the Lord, we have had enough to eat and plenty to spare, because the Lord has blessed his people, and this great amount is left over.”^(I)

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Nehemiah 10:34-39

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³⁴“We—the priests, the Levites and the people—have cast lots^(A) to determine when each of our families is to bring to the house of our God at set times each year a contribution of wood^(B) to burn on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the Law.

³⁵“We also assume responsibility for bringing to the house of the Lord each year the firstfruits^(C) of our crops and of every fruit tree.^(D)

³⁶“As it is also written in the Law, we will bring the firstborn^(E) of our sons and of our cattle, of our herds and of our flocks to the house of our God, to the priests ministering there.^(F)

³⁷“Moreover, we will bring to the storerooms of the house of our God, to the priests, the first of our ground meal, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees and of our new wine and olive oil.^(G) And we will bring a tithe^(H) of our crops to the Levites,^(I) for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all the towns where we work.^(J) ³⁸A priest descended from Aaron is to accompany the Levites when they receive the tithes, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of the tithes^(K) up to the house of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury. ³⁹The people of Israel, including the Levites, are to bring their contributions of grain, new wine and olive oil to the storerooms, where the articles for the sanctuary and for the ministering priests, the gatekeepers and the musicians are also kept.

“We will not neglect the house of our God.”^(L)

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Ezekiel 44:28-31

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²⁸“‘I am to be the only inheritance^(A) the priests have. You are to give them no possession in Israel; I will be their possession. ²⁹They will eat^(B) the grain offerings, the sin offerings and the guilt offerings; and everything in Israel devoted^[a] to the Lord^(C) will belong to them.^(D) ³⁰The best of all the firstfruits^(E) and of all your special gifts will belong to the priests. You are to give them the first portion of your ground meal^(F) so that a blessing^(G) may rest on your household.^(H) ³¹The priests must not eat anything, whether bird or animal, found dead^(I) or torn by wild animals.^(J)