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# General Information:
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In these verses, the people continue describing the content of the oath they were making in [Nehemiah verse 29](./28.md).
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# We will bring ... We will bring
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The pronoun "we" here includes Nehemiah and the Israelites except for the priests and the Levites, and also does not include the reader of this book (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-exclusive]])
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# our dough
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Possible meanings are that this refers to 1) dough made from coarse flour, 2) coarse flour, or 3) ground grain.
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# and the fruit of every tree and new wine and oil
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The words "first of" are understood from the beginning of the sentences. They can be repeated. Alternate translation: "and the first of the fruit of every tree and the first of the new wine and the first of the oil"(See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# the first
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"the best"
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# the storerooms of the house of our God
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"the places where things are stored in the temple"
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# the tithes from our soil
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Here "our soil" refers to everything that is grown in the ground. Alternate translation: "the tithes of what we grow in the ground" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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