12When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy unto the LORD.
But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God. …
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. …
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-15)Concerning the disposal of their tithe the third year we had the law before, Deut. 14:28 , 29 . The second tithe, which in the other two years was to be spent in extraordinaries at the feasts, was to be spent the third year at home, in entertaining the poor. Now because this was done from under the eye of the priests, and a great confidence was put in the people’s honesty, that they would dispose…
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