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Deuteronomy 14:22-29

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Tithes

22 1"You shall tithe all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year.
23 And before the LORD your God, in the place that he will choose, to make his name dwell there, 2you shall eat the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, 3and the firstborn of your herd and flock, 4that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.
24 And if the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry the tithe, when the LORD your God blesses you, because 5the place is too far from you, which the LORD your God chooses, to set his name there,
25 then you shall turn it into money and bind up the money in your hand and go to the place that the LORD your God chooses
26 and spend the money for whatever you desire--oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your appetite craves. And 6you shall eat there before the LORD your God and rejoice, you and your household.
27 And you shall not neglect 7the Levite who is within your towns, for 8he has no portion or inheritance with you.
28 9"At the end of every three years you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in the same year and lay it up within your towns.
29 And the Levite, because 10he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled, that 11the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.
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Deuteronomy 14:22-29 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 14

In this chapter some cautions are given against the use of some rites and ceremonies in mourning for the dead, with the reason thereof, De 14:1,2 and instructions about what are lawful to be eaten, and what not, whether of beasts, fishes, or fowl, De 14:3-21, and concerning eating one sort of tithes both at the place God should choose, and within their own gates, De 14:22-29.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 11

  • 1. See Numbers 18:21
  • 2. Deuteronomy 12:7; Deuteronomy 15:20
  • 3. Deuteronomy 12:6
  • 4. Deuteronomy 4:10; Deuteronomy 17:19
  • 5. Deuteronomy 12:21
  • 6. [See ver. 23 above]
  • 7. See Deuteronomy 12:19
  • 8. See Numbers 18:20
  • 9. Deuteronomy 26:12; [Amos 4:4]
  • 10. [See ver. 27 above]
  • 11. Deuteronomy 15:10; Deuteronomy 24:19; Psalms 41:1; Proverbs 14:21; Proverbs 19:17; Proverbs 22:9; Malachi 3:10
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.