Commandments About Tithe
15 biblical commandments from the Torah related to tithe.
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Separate the tithe for the poor
Deuteronomy 14:28
"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.
The Levite must set aside a tenth of his tithe for the priest
Numbers 18:26
"Moreover, you shall speak to the Levites and say to them, 'When you take from the sons of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present an offering from it to the LORD, a tithe of the tithe.
Do not preface one tithe to the next, but separate them in their proper order
Exodus 22:29
"You shall not delay the offering from your harvest and your vintage. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me.
Set aside a tithe each planting year and give it to a Levite
Numbers 18:24
"For the tithe of the sons of Israel, which they offer as an offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance; therefore I have said concerning them, 'They shall have no inheritance among the sons of Israel.'"
Set aside the second tithe
Deuteronomy 14:22
"You shall surely tithe all the produce from what you sow, which comes out of the field every year.
Do not spend the money from selling the second tithe on anything but food, drink, or ointment in Jerusalem
Deuteronomy 26:14
'I have not eaten of it while mourning, nor have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor offered any of it to the dead. I have listened to the voice of the LORD my God; I have done according to all that You have commanded me.
Do not eat the second tithe while impure
Deuteronomy 26:14
'I have not eaten of it while mourning, nor have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor offered any of it to the dead. I have listened to the voice of the LORD my God; I have done according to all that You have commanded me.
A mourner on the first day after a death must not eat the second tithe
Deuteronomy 26:14
'I have not eaten of it while mourning, nor have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor offered any of it to the dead. I have listened to the voice of the LORD my God; I have done according to all that You have commanded me.
Do not eat second tithe grains outside Jerusalem
Deuteronomy 12:17
"You are not allowed to eat within your gates the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, or the firstborn of your herd or flock, or any of your votive offerings which you vow, or your freewill offerings, or the contribution of your hand.
Do not eat second tithe wine products outside Jerusalem
Deuteronomy 12:17
"You are not allowed to eat within your gates the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, or the firstborn of your herd or flock, or any of your votive offerings which you vow, or your freewill offerings, or the contribution of your hand.
Do not eat second tithe oil outside Jerusalem
Deuteronomy 12:17
"You are not allowed to eat within your gates the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, or the firstborn of your herd or flock, or any of your votive offerings which you vow, or your freewill offerings, or the contribution of your hand.
The fourth year crops must be totally for holy purposes like the second tithe
Leviticus 19:24
'But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the LORD.
Read the confession of tithes every fourth and seventh year
Deuteronomy 26:13
"You shall say before the LORD your God, 'I have removed the sacred portion from my house, and also have given it to the Levite and the alien, the orphan and the widow, according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me; I have not transgressed or forgotten any of Your commandments.
Separate the tithe of animals
Leviticus 27:32
'For every tenth part of herd or flock, whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the LORD.
Do not redeem the tithe
Leviticus 27:33
He is not to be concerned whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it; or if he does exchange it, then both it and its substitute shall become holy. It shall not be redeemed.'"