King James Version
Nehemiah 10:35 in the King James Version says “And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house ...” — study this verse from Nehemiah chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:”
Nehemiah 10:35 · KJV
For the shewbread , and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:
And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:
Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:
And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“unto the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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