Re:Verse passage – Nehemiah 12:40-47 (day three)
“So all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah gave the portions due the singers and the gatekeepers as each day required, and set apart the consecrated portion for the Levites, and the Levites set apart the consecrated portion for the sons of Aaron.”
The religious use of money is a fraught issue because of financial abuse and misuse. The same was true in Nehemiah’s day. When Nehemiah arrived on the scene, he found that the high priest in Jerusalem maintained cozy and mutually beneficial arrangements with those in power. The same was true centuries later when Jesus laid waste to the temple’s outer court, decrying the profit-taking schemes benefitting the religious establishment. Jesus still watches the money flowing through the church, just as he sat watching that day when he pointed out that a widow’s pure devotion outweighed all other riches.
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