At the end of every three years you shall bring all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall store it within your gates.
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At the end of every three years you shall bring all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall store it within your gates.
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At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
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At the end of every three years, even in the same year, thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase, and shall lay it up within thy gates.
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- Deuteronomy 14:22 You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes out of the field year by year.
- Deuteronomy 26:12-15 When you have finished tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within your gates and be filled. You shall say before Yahweh your God, “I have put away the holy things out of my house, and also have given them to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all your commandment which you have commanded me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, neither have I forgotten them. I have not eaten of it in my mourning, neither have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor given of it for the dead. I have listened to Yahweh my God’s voice. I have done according to all that you have commanded me. Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the ground which you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.”
- Amos 4:4 “Go to Bethel, and sin; to Gilgal, and sin more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Besides the yearly tithes that were given to the…
Besides the yearly tithes that were given to the Levites, these were laid up in store for the poor.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain At the end of three years, i.e. in the…
At the end of three years, i.e. in the third year, as it is expressed, Deu 26:12. So, in the end of three years, or of seven years, is the same with in the third or seventh year, as appears by comparing Deu 31:10; Jos 9:16,17; 2Ki 18:9,10; 17:6.
All the tithe of thine increase. I join with those expositors who make this the same tithe with the former, Deu 14:22, as being called by the same title without any distinction between them, save only as to the place of eating them. See Poole "Deu 14:22", and See Poole "Deu 12:17".
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The same year: this is added to show that he speaks of the third year, and not of the fourth year, as some might conjecture from the phrase, at the end of three years.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain At the end of three years - That is,…
At the end of three years - That is, in the third year, as it is, expressed, chap. xxvi, 12. The same year - This is added to shew that he speaks of the third year, and not of the fourth year, as some might conjecture from the phrase, at the end of three years.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Compare the marginal references. The tithe thus directed in…
Compare the marginal references. The tithe thus directed in the third year to be dispensed in charity at home, was not paid in addition to that in other years bestowed on the sacred meals, but was substituted for it. The three years would count from the sabbatical year (see the next chapter), in which year there would of course be neither payment of tithe nor celebration of the feasts at the sanctuary. In the third year and sixth year of the septennial cycle the feasts would be superseded by the private hospitality enjoined in these verses.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain At the end of three years . . .…
At the end of three years . . . the Levite . . . shall come, &c.--The Levites having no inheritance like the other tribes, the Israelites were not to forget them, but honestly to tithe their increase [Num 18:24]. Besides the tenth of all the land produce, they had forty-eight cities, with the surrounding grounds [Num 35:7], "the best of the land," and a certain proportion of the sacrifices as their allotted perquisites. They had, therefore, if not an affluent, yet a comfortable and independent, fund for their support.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 28. At the end of three years — The…
28. At the end of three years — The tithe of the third year, which was to be bestowed upon the poor, was not paid in addition to the tithe which was on other years devoted to the sacred festival, but took the place of it.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 28. At the end of every three years] Deu_26:12…
28. At the end of every three years] Deu_26:12 : when thou hast finished tithing all the tithe of thine income in the third year, which is the year of tithing. See below.
thou shalt bring forth] That is for public or profane use as opposed to the bringing in of offerings designed for use in the sanctuary: cp. Deu_17:5, Deu_21:19, Deu_22:15; Deu_22:21; Deu_22:24.
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all the tithe] All, not prefixed to tithe in Deu_14:22, has been variously interpreted either as meaning that the whole tithe was not exacted for the sanctuary in the first and second years but only a nominal tithe (as under Moslem law the tithe was sometimes only. 1/20 or even 1/40th of the crop), and was to be fully exacted only in each third year for charitable purposes; or else that in the third year no tithe was taken to the Temple but all the tithe was given to the local poor (Oettli, Berth. and others). The latter seems the more likely. Steuernagel thinks that every third year there were two tithes exacted, that for the poor being in addition to that taken every year to the Sanctuary. But in that case the law would not have described the third year tithe for the poor as all the tithe.
and shall lay it up within thy gates] Rather, let it remain or (lit.) rest there; either in distinction to the tithes of the other two years, which are carried from home to the Sanctuary; or else because instead of being consumed at once like those tithes it is to be stored for the continual sustenance of—
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (28) At the end of three years thou shalt…
(28) At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth ail the tithe.—This is called by the Jews Ma’aser ‘Ani, “the poor’s tithe.” They regard it as identical with the second tithe, which was ordinarily eaten by the owners at Jerusalem; but in every third and sixth year was bestowed upon the poor.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 28, 29. Every third year the whole tithe…
Vers. 28, 29. Every third year the whole tithe of the year"s produce was to be set apart, not to be brought to the sanctuary to be eaten before the Lord, but as a portion in their towns for the Levite, the stranger, the widow, and the fatherless. The end of three years; i.e. as the third year expired, consequently, in the last year of the triennium; (Deu_26:12) just as "the end of seven years" means each seventh year (Deu_15:1 Deu_31:10; Jer_34:14) This was not an additional tithe, but the former differently applied; the tithe of the first and second years was to be eaten before the Lord at the sanctuary; the tithe of the third year was for the poor and needy.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 every three years you will present all the tithe…
every three years you will present all the tithe of your produce
Once every 3 years the Israelites were to store their tithes within their own towns so that it would be used to provide for the Levites, orphans, widows and foreigners. (See: Numbers)
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within your gates
Here "gates" represents the entire city or town. AT: "inside your city" (See: Synecdoche)
because he has no portion nor inheritance with you
God not giving any land to the Levites is spoken of as if he were not giving them an inheritance. (See: Metaphor)
fatherless
These are children whose parents have both died and do not have relatives to care for them.
widow
This is a woman whose husband has died and has no children to care for her in her old age.
in all the work of your hand that you do
Here "hand" represents the whole person. This refers to the work that someone does. AT: "in all the work you do" (See: Synecdoche)
translationWords
year
tenth
gate
Levi
inherit
alien
Yahweh
God
bless
works
hand
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 14:28 An annual tithe was required of all adult…
14:28 An annual tithe was required of all adult Israelite males as part of their festival observances (15:20; 16:16-17). The tithe every third year met the needs of the Levites and other dependent classes in Israelite society (14:29). See study note on Lev 27:30.
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