Nehemiah 10:35
New International Version
“We also assume responsibility for bringing to the house of the LORD each year the firstfruits of our crops and of every fruit tree.

New Living Translation
“We promise to bring the first part of every harvest to the LORD’s Temple year after year—whether it be a crop from the soil or from our fruit trees.

English Standard Version
We obligate ourselves to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of the LORD;

Berean Standard Bible
We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year.

King James Bible
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:

New King James Version
And we made ordinances to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, to the house of the LORD;

New American Standard Bible
and so that they could bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all the fruit of every tree to the house of the LORD annually,

NASB 1995
and that they might bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all the fruit of every tree to the house of the LORD annually,

NASB 1977
and in order that they might bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all the fruit of every tree to the house of the LORD annually,

Legacy Standard Bible
and to bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all the fruit of every tree to the house of Yahweh annually,

Amplified Bible
and [we obligate ourselves] to bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all the fruit of every tree to the house of the LORD annually,

Christian Standard Bible
We will bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the LORD’s house year by year.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
We will bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the LORD’s house year by year.

American Standard Version
and to bring the first-fruits of our ground, and the first-fruits of all fruit of all manner of trees, year by year, unto the house of Jehovah;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
To bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all fruit of the trees, every year by year

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and to bring the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of the fruit of every tree, year by year, into the house of the Lord:

Contemporary English Version
Each year we will bring to the temple the first part of our harvest of grain and fruit.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And that we would bring the first- fruits of our land, and the firstfruits of all fruit of every tree, from year to year, in the house of our Lord.

English Revised Version
and to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all manner of trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
We have drawn lots to decide who should bring the first produce harvested and the first fruit from every tree each year to the LORD's temple.

Good News Translation
We will take to the Temple each year an offering of the first grain we harvest and of the first fruit that ripens on our trees.

International Standard Version
We also cast lots to determine when to bring the first fruits of our land and the annual first fruits of all fruit of every tree to the Temple of the LORD,

JPS Tanakh 1917
and to bring the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of all fruit of all manner of trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD;

Literal Standard Version
and to bring in the first-fruits of our ground, and the first-fruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of YHWH,

Majority Standard Bible
We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year.

New American Bible
We have agreed to bring each year to the house of the LORD the first fruits of our fields and of our fruit trees, of every kind;

NET Bible
We also accept responsibility for bringing the first fruits of our land and the first fruits of every fruit tree year by year to the temple of the LORD.

New Revised Standard Version
We obligate ourselves to bring the first fruits of our soil and the first fruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of the LORD;

New Heart English Bible
and to bring the first fruits of our ground, and the first fruits of all fruit of all kinds of trees, year by year, to the house of the LORD;

Webster's Bible Translation
And to bring the first-fruits of our ground, and the first-fruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, to the house of the LORD:

World English Bible
and to bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all fruit of all kinds of trees, year by year, to Yahweh’s house;

Young's Literal Translation
and to bring in the first fruits of our ground, and the first fruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of Jehovah,

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Context
The Vows of the Covenant
34We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law. 35We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year. 36And we will bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God.…

Cross References
Exodus 23:19
Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk.

Exodus 34:26
Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk."

Deuteronomy 26:2
you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,

Ezekiel 44:30
The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes.


Treasury of Scripture

And to bring the first fruits of our ground, and the first fruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, to the house of the LORD:

Exodus 23:19
The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

Exodus 34:26
The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

Leviticus 19:23-26
And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of…

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(35) And to bring.--Following "we made ordinances" (Nehemiah 10:32). The various firstfruits are specified according to the Mosaic law, which made this expression of natural piety an obligation; and the minuteness of the specification implies that neglect had crept in.

Verse 35. And to bring the first-fruits ... unto the house of the Lord. The idea of offering "first-fruits" may be ascribed to natural piety. They were well known to the Greeks and Romans (ἀπαρχαί, primi-tiae). But in the Mosaic law they were commanded (Exodus 22:29; Exodus 23:19; Leviticus 23:10, 17, etc.), and thenceforth became a matter of religious obligation. The present passage furnishes, however, distinct evidence that the obligation had now for some time been disregarded. The first-fruits of all fruit. First-fruits were required not merely of wheat and other grain, but also expressly of wine and oil, the produce of the vine and olive, and by implication of all other fruit trees (see Numbers 18:12; Deuteronomy 18:4, etc.).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
We will also bring
וּלְהָבִ֞יא (ū·lə·hā·ḇî)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

the firstfruits
בִּכּוּרֵ֣י (bik·kū·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1061: The first-fruits of the crop

of our land
אַדְמָתֵ֗נוּ (’aḏ·mā·ṯê·nū)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's 127: Ground, land

and of every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

fruit
פְּרִ֥י (pə·rî)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6529: Fruit

tree
עֵ֖ץ (‘êṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

to the house
לְבֵ֖ית (lə·ḇêṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of the LORD
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

year
שָׁנָ֣ה (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8141: A year

by year.
בְשָׁנָ֑ה (ḇə·šā·nāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8141: A year


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