Positive Commandment #249 of 613
Separate the tithe for the poor
Commandment #249 — a positive obligation from Deuteronomy 14:28, classified under Providing for the Poor in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"At the end of every third year you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in that year, and shall deposit it in your town.”
— Deuteronomy 14:28
Hebrew
כח מִקְצֵה שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים, תּוֹצִיא אֶת-כָּל-מַעְשַׂר תְּבוּאָתְךָ, בַּשָּׁנָה, הַהִוא; וְהִנַּחְתָּ, בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ.
Greek (Septuagint)
28 μετὰ τρία ἔτη ἐξοίσεις πᾶν τὸ ἐπιδέκατον τῶν γενημάτων σου· ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ ἐκείνῳ θήσεις αὐτὸ ἐν ταῖς πόλεσίν σου,
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Providing for the Poor
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 14
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Re'eh
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #474
- Mishneh Torah
- SeedsGifts to the Poor
Related Commandments in “Providing for the Poor”
#239: Leave a corner of the field uncut for the poor
Leviticus 19:10
#240: Do not reap the corner of a field left for the poor
Leviticus 19:9
#241: Leave gleanings of a field for the poor
Leviticus 19:9
#242: Do not gather gleanings of a crop but leave them for the poor
Leviticus 19:9
#243: Leave the gleanings of a vineyard for the poor
Leviticus 19:10
#244: Do not gather the gleanings of a vineyard but leave them for the poor
Leviticus 19:10
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