^{4 Ref} Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the law of Jehovah.

^{5 Ref} And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel gave in abundance the first-fruits of grain, new wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.

^{6 Ref} And 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 dedicated things which were consecrated unto Jehovah their God, and laid them by heaps.

^{7 Ref} In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

^{8 Ref} And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed Jehovah, and his people Israel.

⁹ Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

^{10 Ref} And Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, Since `the people' began to bring the oblations into the house of Jehovah, we have eaten and had enough, and have left plenty: for Jehovah hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.