Deuteronomy 14:23

23 You shall eat before the LORD your God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock; that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.

Deuteronomy 14:23 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 14:23

And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which
he shall choose to place his name there
See ( Deuteronomy 12:5 ) there the tithe of all the fruits of the earth was to be eaten; this is the second tithe, as the Targum of Jonathan, and so Jarchi, and which is more particularly described as follows:

the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil:
see ( Deuteronomy 12:7 ) (See Gill on Deuteronomy 12:7):

and the firstlings of thine herds, and of thy flocks;
of which see the note on the above place:

that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always;
which such a constant practice would inure unto; see ( Deuteronomy 10:12 ) .

Deuteronomy 14:23 In-Context

21 You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself: you may give it to the sojourner who is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner: for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

22 You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes forth from the field year by year.

23 You shall eat before the LORD your God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock; that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.

24 If the way be too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it, because the place is too far from you, which the LORD your God shall choose, to set his name there, when the LORD your God shall bless you;

25 then shall you turn it into money, and bind up the money in your hand, and shall go to the place which the LORD your God shall choose: