Deuteronomy 14:23

_THOU SHALT TRULY TITHE ALL THE INCREASE OF THY SEED, THAT THE FIELD BRINGETH FORTH YEAR BY YEAR._ Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed. The dedication of a tenth part of the year's produce in everything was then a religious duty (see the notes at Deuteronomy 12:17; Deuteronomy 26:12). It was to be brought as an offering to the sanctuary; and where distance prevented its being taken in kind, it was by this statute convertible into money, with which, on arrival in the city of solemnities, the materials of a private sacrifice or free-will offering were purchased. It is spoken of here entirely as the voluntary act of the people (cf. Amos 4:4), whereas the first tithes were the legal d

23._And thou shalt eat before the Lord. _He again commands the victims to be brought into the place of the sanctuary; although by the place which God shall choose, he designates Jerusalem, as has been said in the above commentary on chap. 12; for the Ark of the Covenant had no settled resting-place until the time of David, but was received as it were in temporary lodgings. Moses, therefore, now commands, that when God shall have so greatly honored a particular place, and shall have chosen a perpetual rest, in which His name shall dwell, thither are the offerings to be brought. But we know that this place was Jerusalem; and all the oblations were restricted to this one place, lest any corruption should creep in to destroy the unity of the faith. For all strange inventions, as has already been sufficiently seen, are so many profanations of God’s worship. But, whereas in chap. 12, Moses had...

22-29 A second portion from the produce of their land was required. The whole appointment evidently was against the covetousness, distrust, and selfishness of the human heart. It promoted friendliness, liberality, and cheerfulness, and raised a fund for the relief of the poor. They were taught that their worldly portion was most comfortably enjoyed, when shared with their brethren who were in want. If we thus serve God, and do good with what we have, it is promised that the Lord our God will bless us in all the works of our land. The blessing of God is all to our outward prosperity; and without that blessing, the work of our hands will bring nothing to pass. The blessing descends upon the working hand. Expect not that God should bless thee in thy idleness and love of ease. And it descends upon the giving hand. He who thus scatters, certainly increases; and to be free and generous in the...

EXPOSITION HEATHEN CUSTOMS OF MOURNING TO BE AVOIDED. NO ABOMINABLE THING TO BE EATEN. MEATS CLEAN AND UNCLEAN. TITHES. DEUTERONOMY 14:1 Israel, as the people of God, chosen by him to be his children by adoption, must not only abstain from idolatry, but also avoid all heathenish usages and practices, such as those connected with mourning for the dead, and those pertaining to the use of food. DEUTERONOMY 14:1 Ye a

AND THOU SHALT EAT BEFORE THE LORD THY GOD, IN THE PLACE WHICH HE SHALL CHOOSE TO PLACE HIS NAME THERE,.... See Deuteronomy 12:5 there the tithe of all the fruits of the earth was to be eaten; this is the second tithe, as the Targum of Jonathan, and so Jarchi, and which is more particularly described as follows: THE TITHE OF THY CORN, OF THY WINE, AND OF THINE OIL: see Deuteronomy 12:7: AND THE FIRSTLINGS OF THINE HERDS, AND OF THY FLOCKS; of which see the note on the above place: THAT THOU MAYEST LEARN TO FEAR THE LORD THY GOD ALWAYS; which such a constant practice would inure unto; see Deuteronomy 10:12....

FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...

10. THE CHILDREN OF GOD AND THEIR SEPARATION CHAPTER 14 _ 1. The declaration of relationship: A holy people (Deuteronomy 14:1)_ 2. Their food as a separated people (Deuteronomy 14:3) 3. Concerning tithes (Deuteronomy 14:22) Ye are the children of the Lord your God. Because God had chosen them to be a peculiar people unto Himself, above all the other nations, they were to be an holy people. To them belongeth still “the adoption” (Romans 9:4). God called Israel His firstborn son and that nation holds that place, in the divine purpose, among the nations. Sonship, in the New Testamen

Regulations respecting tithes. See Leviticus 27:30 * and Numbers 18:21 * (both P). The older codes are silent about tithes, but _cf._ Genesis 28:22 (E). The clause concerning firstlings in Deuteronomy 14:23 is an interpolation. They were given whole, not tithed, and the law as to them occurs in Deuteronomy 15:19 *. The tithing of cattle and sheep is mentioned in Leviticus 27:32 (P) only. According to...

EAT. Tithes were eaten. Amos 4:4. TO PLACE. to make. habitation. WINE. Hebrew. _tirosh._ See App-27. FIRSTLINGS. Compare Genesis 4:4.Exodus 13:11; Exodus 23:19; Leviticus 27:26; Numbers 18:15, and Nehemiah 10:36....

_eat before the Lord_ See on Deuteronomy 12:7. _the place which he shall choose_ Sam., LXX, _which Jehovah thy God shall choose_; see on Deuteronomy 12:5. Before this the tithe was offered at the local sanctuaries, Amos 4:4. _corn, wine, and oil_ Defining _that which cometh forth from the field_. A purely vegetable tithe: so always in D as in Numbers 18:27; Numbers 18:30, _corn of threshing floor, fulness of winepress_or _vat_(cp. D,...