Positive Commandment #268 of 613
The fourth year crops must be totally for holy purposes like the second tithe
Commandment #268 — a positive obligation from Leviticus 19:24, classified under Terumah and Tithes in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the LORD.”
— Leviticus 19:24
Hebrew
כד וּבַשָּׁנָה, הָרְבִיעִת, יִהְיֶה, כָּל-פִּרְיוֹ--קֹדֶשׁ הִלּוּלִים, לַיהוָה.
Greek (Septuagint)
24 καὶ τῷ ἔτει τῷ τετάρτῳ ἔσται πᾶς ὁ καρπὸς αὐτοῦ ἅγιος αἰνετὸς τῷ κυρίῳ·
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Terumah and Tithes
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 19
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Kedoshim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #247
- 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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