22And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. …
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. …
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-22)God manifested himself and his favour to Jacob when he was asleep and purely passive; for the spirit, like the wind, blows when and where he listeth, and God’s grace, like the dew, tarrieth not for the sons of men, Mic. 5:7. But Jacob applied himself to the improvement of the visit God had made him when he was awake; and we may well think he awaked, as the prophet did (Jer. 31:26), and behold his…
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