Matthew Poole and continuators on Nehemiah 12:47

47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers, and the porters every day his portion, and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites, and the Levites sanctified them unto the childeren of Aaron.

i. e. They sequestred or set apart the First-fruits and Tithes from their own share, and devoted them to the use of the Levites, to whom they belonged. And so did the Levites by the Tithe of the Tithes. Thus they all conscientiously paid their dues to God or his Assigns, and did not profane those things which God had sanctified, nor take them to their own common use, as divers ungodly or covetous persons had formerly used to do when they had opportunity.

Marginal references: That is, set apart.; Num. 18. 26.