Bible Topics for Kids
LEVITES, Tithes withheld from
Nehemiah 13:10-13
10. I perceived that the portions of the LEVITES had not been given them; so that the LEVITES and the singers, who did the work, had each fled to his field.
11. Then I contended with the rulers, and said, "Why is God's house forsaken?" I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
12. Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the treasuries.
13. I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the LEVITES, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to their brothers.
Malachi 3:10
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this," says the LORD of Hosts, "if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be room enough for.