Deuteronomy 14:26

_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

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...

Verse Deuteronomy 14:26. _OR FOR STRONG DRINK_] What the _sikera_ or strong drink of the Hebrews was, Leviticus 10:9, Leviticus 10:9. This one verse sufficiently shows that the Mosaic law made ample provision for the comfort and happiness of the people....

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 SHALL BESTOW THAT MONEY FOR WHATSOEVER THY SOUL LUSTETH AFTER,.... He might buy what provision he would with it, what he best liked, and was most agreeable to his appetite: FOR OXEN, OR FOR SHEEP; he might purchase beef or mutton, or any other sort of meat that could be got, and was lawful to be eaten, as before directed: OR FOR WINE, OR FOR STRONG DRINK; to drink with his food, whether wine or any other liquor; the Targum of Jonathan is, wine new or old, which he chose; but the latter, strong drink, Aben Ezra says, was a liquor made of honey and of dates, of wheat and of barley: OR FOR WHATSOEVER THY SOUL DESIRETH; whether eatable or drinkable: AND THOU SHALT EAT THERE BEFORE THE LORD THY GOD; he having put his name in that place; and dwelling there, as the Lord did in the temple of Jerusalem: AND THOU SHALT REJOICE, THOU AND THY HOUSEHOLD; eat their food with cheerfu

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...

THY SOUL. thyself. Hebrew. _nephesh._ LUSTETH AFTER. longeth for. WINE. Hebrew. _yayin_. App-27. STRONG DRINK. _shikar._ See App-27. DESIRETH. asketh of thee....

_and thou shalt bestow the money_ It was this law, which with other customs led to the rise of markets for cattle and other commodities in the Temple Courts with the consequent abuses, fostered by the priests for their own enrichment, which our Lord chastised. Cp. Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 7:11; Jeremiah 23:11. _for whatsoever thy soul desireth … asketh of thee_ On the _soul_as seat of the appetite see Deuteronomy 12:20; on desireth, Deuteronomy 5:21. The emphatic liberality of this provision is striking. Though the tithe

_VER._ 26. _AND THOU SHALT REJOICE_— See ch. Deuteronomy 12:7. This is no other than an injunction on the Hebrew nation to use one part of their income in hospitality; to rejoice in the goodness of God, when they came before his presence; to acknowledge that they owed all their blessings to his protection and favour; and to gladden the hearts of the poor, the fatherless, and the widow, with a cheerful entertainment; imitating the goodness of God to themselves, by such acts of kindness to others; ver. 29. But this was left entirely to the owner, and his good will, on what to spend it, and whom to entertain: it is therefore not unfitly called by the Hebrew writers, _the tithe of feasts,_ and _the poor man's tithe._ See Lowman's Dissert. ch. 6. It is strange, that a religion, fraught with such merciful precepts, should ever have been stigmatised with the name of barbar