In these verses, the people continue describing the content of the oath they were making in [Nehemiah 10:28](./28.md).

## We will bring...We will bring ##

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/translate/figs-exclusive]])

## the first of our dough ##

Dough is "coarse flour" or "ground grain."

## the storerooms of the house of our God ##

"the places where things are stored in the temple"

## the tithes from our soil ##

Here "our soil" refers to everything that is grown in the ground. AT: "one tenth of what we grow in the ground" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

## the storerooms of the treasury ##

"the rooms where the priests stored the treasure"