Positive Commandment #261 of 613
Set aside the second tithe
Commandment #261 — a positive obligation from Deuteronomy 14:22, classified under Terumah and Tithes in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"You shall surely tithe all the produce from what you sow, which comes out of the field every year.”
— Deuteronomy 14:22
Hebrew
כב עַשֵּׂר תְּעַשֵּׂר, אֵת כָּל-תְּבוּאַת זַרְעֶךָ, הַיֹּצֵא הַשָּׂדֶה, שָׁנָה שָׁנָה.
Greek (Septuagint)
22 Δεκάτην ἀποδεκατώσεις παντὸς γενήματος τοῦ σπέρματός σου, τὸ γένημα τοῦ ἀγροῦ σου ἐνιαυτὸν κατ᾿ ἐνιαυτόν,
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Terumah and Tithes
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 14
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Re'eh
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #473
- Mishneh Torah
- SeedsSecond Tithe and Fruit of the Fourth Year
Related Commandments in “Terumah and Tithes”
#252: Set aside a gift of food for the priest
Deuteronomy 18:4
#253: The Levite must set aside a tenth of his tithe for the priest
Numbers 18:26
#254: Do not preface one tithe to the next, but separate them in their proper order
Exodus 22:29
#255: A non- priest must not eat food set aside as a gift for the priest
Leviticus 22:10
#256: A hired worker or an Israelite bondsman of a priest must not eat food set aside as a gift for the priest
Leviticus 22:10
#257: An uncircumcised priest must not eat food set aside for a priest
Exodus 12:48
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