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Deuteronomy 14:28 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 14 · verse 28
At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:Deuteronomy 14:28 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 14:28 in context
26And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
27And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
28At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
29And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- increasetᵉbûwʼâhincomeH8393 →
- threeshâlôwshthreeH7969 →
- yearsshâneha yearH8141 →
- forthyâtsâʼto go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and…H3318 →
- tithemaʻăsêra tenthH4643 →
- endqâtsehan extremityH7097 →
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We have here a part of the statute concerning tithes. The productions of the ground were twice tithed, so that, putting both together, a fifth part was devoted to God out of their increase, and only four parts of five were for their own common use;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-29