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What Does 2 Chronicles 31:5 Mean?

And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. came: Heb. brake forth honey: or, dates

Context

3

He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.

4

Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.

5

And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. came: Heb. brake forth honey: or, dates

6

And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps . by heaps: Heb. heaps, heaps

7

In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

Commentary

Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(5) **And** **. . .** **came abroad.**—Literally, *And when the word broke forth*—*i.e.,* spread abroad. **The children of Israel.**—Here the people of Jerusalem, who in the chronicler’s day had a preeminent right to the name. (See on next verse.) The firstfruits were for the priests (Numbers 18:12, *seq.,* where the oil, wine, and wheat are specified). **And the tithe . . . abundantly.**—For the Levites (Numbers 18:21-24).

Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.

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