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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 31:6 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ch 31:6 |
King James |
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. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| and laid them by heaps--The contributions began to be sent in shortly after the celebration of the passover, which had taken place in the middle of the second month. Some time would elapse before the king's order reached all parts of the kingdom. The wheat harvest occurred in the third month, so that the sheaves of that grain, being presented before any other, formed "the foundation," an under-layer in the corn stores of the temple. The first-fruits of their land produce which were successively sent in all the summer till the close of the fruit and vintage season, that is, the seventh month, continued to raise heap upon heap. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| By "the children of Israel" in Ch2 31:5, seem to be intended the inhabitants of Jerusalem only (see Ch2 31:4); by "the children of Israel and Judah that dwelt in the cities of Judah" in this verse, seem to be meant the Jews of the country districts and the Israelites who dwelt among them Ch2 30:25. Of these two classes, the first brought both first-fruits and tithes of "all things;" while the others, who had not been included in the command Ch2 31:4, brought in first-fruits and paid the tithe of sheep and oxen only, and of the things which they had vowed to God. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| By heaps - What the priests and the Levites had occasion for, they made use of, and the overplus was laid in heaps. |
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.
25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
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.