"And thither¹ ye shall bringª° your burnt offerings,ª and your sacrifices,ª and your tithes,ª and¹ heave offeringsª of your hand,ª and your vows,ª and your freewill offerings,ª and the firstlingsª of your herdsª and of your flocks:ª" {Deu 12:6} + "Thou mayestª° not¹ eatª° within thy gatesª the titheª of thy corn,ª or of thy wine,ª or of thy oil,ª or the firstlingsª of thy herdsª or of thy flock,ª nor any¹ of thy vowsª which¹ thou vowest,ª° nor thy freewill offerings,ª or heave offeringª of thine hand:ª" {Deu 12:17} + "When¹ thou hast made an endª° of tithingª°¹ all¹ the tithesª of thine increaseª the thirdª year,ª [which is] the yearª of tithing,ª and hast givenª° [it] unto the Levite,ª the stranger,ª the fatherless,ª and the widow,ª that they may eatª° within thy gates,ª and be filled;ª° ... Look downª° from thy holyª habitation,ª¹ from¹ heaven,ª and blessª°¹ thy peopleª¹ Israel,ª and the landª which¹ thou hast givenª° us, as¹ thou swarestª° unto our fathers,ª a landª that flowethª° with milkª and honey.ª" {Deu 26:12-15} + "And all¹ the titheª of the land,ª [whether] of the seedª¹ of the land,ª [or] of the fruitª¹ of the tree,ª [is] the LORD'S:ª [it is] holyª unto the LORD.ª ... He shall not¹ searchª° whether¹ it be goodª or bad,ª neither¹ shall he changeª° it: and if¹ he change²° it at all,ª° then both it¹ and the changeª thereof shall be¹ holy;ª it shall not¹ be redeemed.ª°" {Lev 27:30-33} + "And, behold,¹ I have givenª° the childrenª of Leviª all¹ the tenthª in Israelª for an inheritance,ª forª their serviceª which¹ they¹ serve,ª° [even]¹ the serviceª of the tabernacleª of the congregation.ª" {Num 18:21} + "And [that] we should bringª° the firstfruitsª of our dough,ª and our offerings,ª and the fruitª of all¹ manner of trees,ª of wineª and of oil,ª unto the priests,ª to¹ the chambersª of the houseª of our God;ª and the tithesª of our groundª unto the Levites,ª that the same¹ Levitesª might have the tithesª° in all¹ the citiesª of our tillage.ª" {Neh 10:37} |