Deuteronomy 14:27-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:22-29

God's claim upon our money gains. In every province of human life God requires his proprietorship to be recognized. The seventh part of our time is hallowed for his service. The firstfruits of corn were to be devoted to religious uses. The firstborn in the household belonged to God, and was to be redeemed by substitution. And now, of all their yearly gains, one-tenth was claimed by God. I. THE GROUND OF GOD 'S CLAIM . His claim proceeds from his proprietorship. Towards the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:28-29

Every third year the whole tithe of the year's produce was to be set apart, not to be brought to the sanctuary to be eaten before the Lord, but as a portion in their towns for the Levite, the stranger, the widow, and the fatherless. The end of three years ; i . e . as the third year expired, consequently, in the last year of the triennium ( Deuteronomy 26:12 ); just as "the end of seven years" means each seventh year ( Deuteronomy 15:1 ; Deuteronomy 31:10 ; Jeremiah 34:14 ).... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 14:28-29

Compare the marginal references. The tithe thus directed in the third year to be dispensed in charity at home, was not paid in addition to that in other years bestowed on the sacred meals, but was substituted for it. The three years would count from the sabbatical year (see the next chapter), in which year there would of course be neither payment of tithe nor celebration of the feasts at the sanctuary. In the third year and sixth year of the septennial cycle the feasts would be superseded by... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 14:27-28

Deuteronomy 14:27-28. The Levite thou shalt not forsake him Thou shalt give him a share in such tithes, or in the product of them. At the end of three years That is, in the third year, as it is expressed Deuteronomy 26:12. The same year This is added to show that he speaks of the third year, and not of the fourth, as some might conjecture from the preceding phrase, at the end of three years. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 14:29

Deuteronomy 14:29. The stranger, the fatherless, and the widow For this tithe was not to be spent merely in feasting themselves, but for the relief of such as were in want, who otherwise might have been compelled to beg, or to serve strangers, and thereby be in danger of being perverted from their religion. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 14:22-29

Tithes (14:22-29)All Israelite families had to pay an annual tithe, amounting to one tenth of all their produce and animals, for the support of the Levites (see notes on Numbers 18:21-32). This tithe was at the same time an offering to God. The offerer therefore took it to the central place of worship where he presented it to God (and to the Levites) in a ceremonial meal. If the offerer lived so far from the tabernacle (or later the temple) that transporting his goods was a problem, he could... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 14:27

the Levite. Compare Deuteronomy 12:19 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 14:28

Ver. 28. At the end of three years— It is the opinion of the rabbis, that this is not a distinct tithe from what they call the second tithe, paid every year; but the very same which, every third year, was not to be carried to the sanctuary as in the other years, but to be employed to the comfort of the poor, in their own cities and houses, that the Lord might bless them, ver. 29. Therefore this tithe was called the consummation of tithes; because herein the love of their neighbour was most... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 14:28

28, 29. At the end of three years . . . the Levite . . . shall come, &c.—The Levites having no inheritance like the other tribes, the Israelites were not to forget them, but honestly to tithe their increase [ :-]. Besides the tenth of all the land produce, they had forty-eight cities, with the surrounding grounds [ :-], "the best of the land," and a certain proportion of the sacrifices as their allotted perquisites. They had, therefore, if not an affluent, yet a comfortable and independent,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 14:22-29

The application of the tithe of produce 14:22-29There was a yearly tithe (Deuteronomy 14:22-27) and an additional three-year tithe (Deuteronomy 14:28-29) in Israel. The Israelites were to invite the Levites to the celebration at the tabernacle when the Israelites consumed the yearly tithe (Deuteronomy 14:23). They were also to invite the Levites and the needy to the third year celebration, every third and sixth year in the seven-year sabbatical cycle, which they held in each town (Deuteronomy... read more

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