⁵And as soon as the commandment was published, the children of Israel gave in abundance the firstfruits of corn, new wine and oil and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of all things. ⁶And the children of Israel and of Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated to Jehovah their God, and laid them by heaps. ⁷In the third month they began to lay the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. ⁸And Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, and they blessed Jehovah, and his people Israel. ⁹And Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. ¹⁰And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok spoke to him and said, Since they began to bring the heave-offerings into the house of Jehovah, we have eaten and been satisfied and have left plenty; for Jehovah has blessed his people; and what is left is this great store.

¹¹And Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of Jehovah; and they prepared them, ¹²and brought in the heave-offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully; and over these Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second.

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