Bible Cross References
the tithe
Deuteronomy 12:6
There you are to offer your sacrifices that are to be burned and your other sacrifices, your tithes and your offerings, the gifts that you promise to the LORD, your freewill offerings, and the first-born of your cattle and sheep.
Deuteronomy 12:11
The LORD will choose a single place where he is to be worshiped, and there you must bring to him everything that I have commanded: your sacrifices that are to be burned and your other sacrifices, your tithes and your offerings, and those special gifts that you have promised to the LORD.
Deuteronomy 14:22-29
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"Set aside a tithe---a tenth of all that your fields produce each year.
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Then go to the one place where the LORD your God has chosen to be worshiped; and there in his presence eat the tithes of your grain, wine, and olive oil, and the first-born of your cattle and sheep. Do this so that you may learn to honor the LORD your God always.
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If the place of worship is too far from your home for you to carry there the tithe of the produce that the LORD has blessed you with, then do this:
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Sell your produce and take the money with you to the one place of worship.
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Spend it on whatever you want---beef, lamb, wine, beer---and there, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your families are to eat and enjoy yourselves.
27
"Do not neglect the Levites who live in your towns; they have no property of their own.
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At the end of every third year bring the tithe of all your crops and store it in your towns.
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This food is for the Levites, since they own no property, and for the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your towns. They are to come and get all they need. Do this, and the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do.
Deuteronomy 26:12
"Every third year give the tithe---a tenth of your crops---to the Levites, the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows, so that in every community they will have all they need to eat. When you have done this,
Deuteronomy 26:14
I have not eaten any of it when I was mourning; I have not taken any of it out of my house when I was ritually unclean; and I have not given any of it as an offering for the dead. I have obeyed you, O LORD; I have done everything you commanded concerning the tithe.
Leviticus 27:30-32
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One tenth of all the produce of the land, whether grain or fruit, belongs to the LORD.
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If you wish to buy any of it back, you must pay the standard price plus an additional 20 percent.
32
One of every ten domestic animals belongs to the LORD. When the animals are counted, every tenth one belongs to the LORD.
Numbers 18:21-24
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The LORD said, "I have given to the Levites every tithe that the people of Israel present to me. This is in payment for their service in taking care of the Tent of my presence.
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The other Israelites must no longer approach the Tent and in this way bring on themselves the penalty of death.
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From now on only the Levites will take care of the Tent and bear the full responsibility for it. This is a permanent rule that applies also to your descendants. The Levites shall have no permanent property in Israel,
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because I have given to them as their possession the tithe which the Israelites present to me as a special contribution. That is why I told them that they would have no permanent property in Israel."