32Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
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And 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.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, …
And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? …
For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 32-39)Having covenanted against the sins they had been guilty of, they proceed in obliging themselves to revive and observe the duties they had neglected. We must not only cease to do evil , but learn to do well . I. It was resolved, in general, that the temple service should be carefully kept up, that the work of the house of their God should be done in its season, according to the law, Neh. 10:33. Let…
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