You shall keep the feast of weeks to Yahweh your God with a tribute of a free will offering of your hand, which you shall give according to how Yahweh your God blesses you.
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You shall keep the feast of weeks to Yahweh your God with a tribute of a free will offering of your hand, which you shall give according to how Yahweh your God blesses you.
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And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the Lord thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
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And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God after the measure of the freewill-offering of thy hand, which thou shalt give, according as the LORD thy God blesseth thee.
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 16:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Corinthians 16:2 On the first day of every week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections are made when I come.
- 2 Corinthians 8:10 I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.
- 2 Corinthians 9:5-11 I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before to you and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness. Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work. As it is written, “He has scattered abroad. He has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever.” Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness, you being enriched in everything to all generosity, which produces thanksgiving to God through us.
- Leviticus 5:7 “ ‘If he can’t afford a lamb, then he shall bring his trespass offering for that in which he has sinned, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to Yahweh; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
- Leviticus 12:8 If she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons: the one for a burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering. The priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.’ ”
- Leviticus 25:26 If a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it,
- Numbers 31:28 Levy a tribute to Yahweh of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred; of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks.
- Numbers 31:37 and Yahweh’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five.
- Deuteronomy 16:16-17 Three times in a year all of your males shall appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he chooses: in the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of booths. They shall not appear before Yahweh empty. Every man shall give as he is able, according to Yahweh your God’s blessing which he has given you.
- Proverbs 3:9-10 Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase: so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
- Proverbs 10:22 Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.
- Joel 2:14 Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.
- Haggai 2:15-19 Now, please consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid on a stone in Yahweh’s temple. Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty, there were only twenty. I struck you with blight, mildew, and hail in all the work of your hands; yet you didn’t turn to me,’ says Yahweh. ‘Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of Yahweh’s temple was laid, consider it. Is the seed yet in the barn? Yes, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree haven’t produced. From today I will bless you.’ ”
- Malachi 3:10-11 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be room enough for. I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before its time in the field,” says Yahweh of Armies.
- 2 Corinthians 8:12 For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, as thou art able, willingly.
Or, as thou art able, willingly.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 16:10 And thou shalt keep the feast of…
Deu 16:10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give [unto the LORD thy God], according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
Ver. 10. With a tribute of a free will offering.] Over and besides the sacrifice appointed for the feast day, {Num 18:27; Num 18:31} and the two loaves with their sacrifices commanded. {Lev 23:17; Lev 23:20} So good cheap is God’s service to us, over what it was to them.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The feast of weeks, i.e. of pentecost, Act 2:1.
The feast of weeks, i.e. of pentecost, Act 2:1.
Which thou shalt give, over and besides what was appointed, Lev 23:17-20; Num 28:27-31.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And thou shall keep the feast of weeks unto…
And thou shall keep the feast of weeks unto the Lord thy God,.... The feast of Pentecost, at which time the Spirit was poured down upon the apostles, Act 2:1.
with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand; there were two wave loaves which were ordered to be brought and seven lambs, one young bullock and two rams for a burnt offering, together with the meat and drink offerings belonging thereunto, and a kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs for a peace offering, Lev 23:17, and besides all this, there was to be a voluntary contribution brought in their hands; for this was one of those feasts at which all the males were to appear before the Lord, and none of them empty:
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which thou shalt give unto the Lord thy God,
according as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee; no certain rate was fixed, it was to be a free gift, and in proportion to a man's abilities, or what the Lord had blessed him with.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Of weeks - Of pentecost. Thou shalt give -…
Of weeks - Of pentecost. Thou shalt give - Over and besides what was appointed.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Hand. Hebrew and Septuagint, "as much as thy hand…
Hand. Hebrew and Septuagint, "as much as thy hand is able;" an offering, bearing a due proportion with what God has bestowed upon thee. (Haydock) --- Each one was exhorted to make peace-offerings and feasts, at Jerusalem, in honour of God, ver. 11. On these festival days the first-born, fattened animals, were brought to be slain, chap. xii. 17., and xiv. 23. The Jews think that by these feasts their solemnities are very much honoured. But the intention of the lawgiver, was only to keep them at a distance from the profane rejoicings of the pagans, and to raise their thoughts and their hearts, by degrees, to the more solid spiritual delights. There were, however, too much inclined to stop at the gratification of the senses, and understood in that sense the sabbath, which Isaias (lviii. 13,) calls delightful, or delicate. (Buxtorf, Syn. x.)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 10. With a tribute of a free will offering…
10. With a tribute of a free will offering — Rather, with a measure. A spontaneous tribute in proportion to their ability. THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES.
In Exo_23:16, this is spoken of as “the feast of ingathering at the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.” At this feast the people dwelt in booths made of the “boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees and willows of the brook.” Lev_23:40. This was the great harvest feast of the year. The fruit of the olive orchards and the vineyards had been at this time gathered. It was at this feast, “in the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.” Amid the joyous festivities of this great national thanksgiving how these words of Jesus must have impressed the assembled multitudes! No wonder many of the listeners said, “Of a truth this is the Prophet. Others said, This is the Christ.” Joh_7:37, seq. Comp. Lev_23:34-43; Num_29:12-40; Neh_8:14-18.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. feast] Heb. ḥag, as in Rabbinic Hebrew a…
10. feast] Heb. ḥag, as in Rabbinic Hebrew a pilgrim-feast, and in Ar. pilgrimage (perhaps originally a sacred dance, Wellh. Reste d. Arab. Heiden. iii. 106, 165, and Exo_32:5 f.; cp. the vb ḥagag, Psa_42:5; Psa_107:27). So E, Exo_23:14, and frequently in O.T. of the three pilgrim feasts. See Driver’s Exod. 242.
with a tribute of a free-will offering, etc.] Heb. (according to) the sufficiency of the free-will offering, etc.; i.e. with a gift (see on Deu_12:6) adequate to the competence of the offerer, as he has been blessed by God.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain This feast was to be kept with sacrificial gifts…
This feast was to be kept with sacrificial gifts according to the measure of the free-will offerings of their hand, i.e. voluntary offerings which they gave as the Lord had blessed them; nothing was specially prescribed, each was to give of his own free-will as the Lord had prospered him. The word translated "tribute" in the Authorized Version (tSmi) occurs only here, and is of doubtful signification. The LXX render it by kaqwv, as, according to; it is identical with the Aramaic tsm sufficiency, enough, and may be understood here of the full measure according to which their offerings were to be presented. The freewill offering of thine hand, here referred to, belonged to the gifts of burnt offerings, meat offerings, drink offerings, and thank offerings which might be offered at every feast along with the sacrifices prescribed. (of Lev_23:38; Num_29:39) Of the latter no mention is made here, as the law regarding them was already sufficiently proclaimed (Numbers 28, and 29); and in a popular address it was rather to what depended on the will of the people than to what was imperative by law, that attention had to be directed.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 16:10 The Festival of Harvest took place seven weeks…
16:10 The Festival of Harvest took place seven weeks after Passover to celebrate the wheat harvest (Exod 34:22; Lev 23:15-22).
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