You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes out of the field year by year.
Parallel translations
- KJV Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
- BSB You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.
- NKJV “You shall truly tithe all the increase of your grain that the field produces year by year.
- NASB “You shall certainly tithe all the produce from what you sow, which comes from the field every year.
- NLT “You must set aside a tithe of your crops—one-tenth of all the crops you harvest each year.
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Quick answer
Israel must faithfully set aside a tithe of all their yearly produce. Giving a tenth acknowledges God's ownership and provision.
Overview
Moses commands a regular tithe of the land's increase, introducing instruction on the tithe that follows. This giving recognized that all the harvest came from God and was to be returned to him in part with gratitude. The principle of cheerful, proportionate giving as worship continues for God's people, who give in response to the surpassing gift of Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Num 18:21“To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the Tent of Meeting.
- Deut 26:12–15When you have finished tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within your gates, and be filled.
- Deut 12:17You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your new wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your freewill offerings, nor the wave offering of your hand;
- Neh 10:37and that we should bring the first fruits of our dough, our wave offerings, the fruit of all kinds of trees, and the new wine and the oil, to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground to the Levites; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
- Deut 12:6There you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, your vows, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.
- Lev 27:30–33“‘All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is Yahweh’s. It is holy to Yahweh.
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