Tithes
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a "You shall tithe all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year.
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And before the Lord your God, in the place that he will choose, to make his name dwell there, b you shall eat the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, c and the firstborn of your herd and flock, d that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always.
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And if the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry the tithe, when the Lord your God blesses you, because e the place is too far from you, which the Lord your God chooses, to set his name there,
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then you shall turn it into money and bind up the money in your hand and go to the place that the Lord your God chooses
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and spend the money for whatever you desire - oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your appetite craves. And b you shall eat there before the Lord your God and rejoice, you and your household.
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And you shall not neglect f the Levite who is within your towns, for g he has no portion or inheritance with you.
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h "At the end of every three years you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in the same year and lay it up within your towns.
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And the Levite, because g he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled, that i the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.
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Cross References
Numbers 18:21
To the Levites I have given every tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service that they do, their service in the tent of meeting.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:7
And there you shall eat before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your households, in all that you undertake, in which the Lord your God has blessed you.
Deuteronomy 15:20
You shall eat it, you and your household, before the Lord your God year by year at the place that the Lord will choose.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:6
And there you shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution that you present, your vow offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:10
How on the day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, 'Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so.
Deuteronomy 17:19
And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes, and doing them.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:21
If the place that the Lord your God will choose to put his name there is too far from you, then you may kill any of your herd or your flock, which the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat within your towns whenever you desire.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 14:23
And before the Lord your God, in the place that he will choose, to make his name dwell there, you shall eat the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:19
Take care that you do not neglect the Levite as long as you live in your land.
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Cross References
Numbers 18:20
And the Lord said to Aaron, "You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the people of Israel.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 26:12
When you have finished paying all the tithe of your produce in the third year, which is the year of tithing, giving it to the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat within your towns and be filled.
Amos 4:4
Come to Bethel, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 14:27
And you shall not neglect the Levite who is within your towns, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.
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Cross References
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