Liberality

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• General scriptures concerningExodus 13:2Exodus 13:12Exodus 22:29Exodus 22:30Exodus 23:15Exodus 25:1–8Exodus 34:20Exodus 35:4–29Exodus 36:3–6Exodus 38:8Leviticus 19:5Leviticus 22:29Numbers 35:8Deuteronomy 12:11Deuteronomy 12:12Deuteronomy 12:17–19Deuteronomy 14:27–29Deuteronomy 15:7–18Deuteronomy 16:10Deuteronomy 16:17
• See Alms
• See Beneficence
• See Charitableness
• See Ministers, Emoluments (Benefits)
• See Poor, Duty to
• See Rich
• See Riches
• INSTANCES OF
• King of Sodom to AbrahamGenesis 14:21
• JacobGenesis 28:22
• Pharaoh to Joseph's peopleGenesis 45:18–20

The passages, in Bible order (177)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 14:21

   The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but take the goods for yourself.”

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   “Give me the souls, and take thou the substance - So the Hebrew reads it. Here he fairly begs the persons, but as freely bestows the goods on Abram. Gratitude teaches us to recompense to the utmost of our power those that have undergone fatigues, or been at expence for our service.

   “Rich countries are a desirable prey, and idle luxurious countries are an easy prey, to growing greatness. The Sodomites were the posterity of Canaan whom Noah had pronounced a servant to Shem, from whom Elam descended; thus soon did that prophecy begin to e fulfilled.

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2. Genesis 28:22

   And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”

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   “This stone shall be God’s house - That is, (as far as this matter refers to Jacob alone), should I be preserved to return in safety, I shall worship God in this place. And this purpose he fulfilled, for there he built an altar, anointed it with oil, and poured a drink-offering thereon. For a practical use of Jacob’s vision, see note on Gen 28:12. On the doctrine of tithes, or an adequate support for the ministers of the Gospel, I shall here register my opinion.

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3. Genesis 45:18–20

   Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’

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4. Exodus 13:2

   “Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”

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   “Commentary on Chapter XIII 2. Sanctify to me all the first-born - The parents were not to look upon themselves as interested in their first-born, till they had first solemnly presented them to God, and received them back from him again. It is mine - By a special right, being by my singular favour preserved from the common destruction.

   “Males were sacred because they opened their mothers' wombs. They were offered before the altar of the Lord. Scripture says, "Every male that opens the womb.…" This phrase has a spiritual meaning. For you might say that "every male is brought forth from the womb" but does not open the womb of his mother in the way that the Lord Jesus did. In the case of every other woman, it is not the birth of an infant but intercourse with a man that opens the womb.

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5. Exodus 13:12

   you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.

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6. Exodus 22:29

   You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.

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   “The offering of firstfruits appears to have been a custom of primitive antiquity and was connected with the earliest acts of sacrifice. See Gen 4:3-4. The references to it here and in Exo 23:19 had probably been handed down from patriarchal times. The specific law relating to the firstborn of living creatures was brought out in a strong light in connection with the deliverance from Egypt Exo 13:2, Exo 13:12-13; compare Exo 23:19; Lev 22:27; Deu 26:2-11; Neh 10:35. The first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors - See the margin.

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7. Exodus 22:30

   You shall do likewise with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but on the eighth day you are to give them to Me.

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   “Scripture says, "At least grant the offspring to its mother for its first seven days." For if nothing comes to be without reason and milk flows in the mothers for the nourishment of the offspring, then in taking the offspring away from the providential endowment of milk, a person is doing violence to nature. So Greeks and anyone else who runs the law down ought to blush for shame if the law is generous over irrational beasts, whereas they actually expose human offspring to die.

   “Seven days it shall be with his dam - For the mother’s health it was necessary that the young one should suck so long; and prior to this time the process of nutrition in a young animal can scarcely be considered as completely formed. Among the Romans lambs were not considered as pure or clean before the eighth day; nor calves before the thirtieth: Pecoris faetus die octavo purus est, bovis trigesimo - Plin. Hist. Nat., lib. viii.

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8. Exodus 23:15

   You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.

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   “Three times . . . keep a feast . . . in the year--This was the institution of the great religious festivals--"The feast of unleavened bread," or the passover--"the feast of harvest," or pentecost--"the feast of ingathering," or the feast of tabernacles, which was a memorial of the dwelling in booths in the wilderness, and which was observed in the seventh month (Ex 12:2).

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9. Exodus 25:1–8

   Then the LORD said to Moses,

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   “Yahweh had redeemed the Israelites from bondage. He had made a covenant with them and had given them laws. He had promised, on condition of their obedience, to accept them as His own “peculiar treasure,” as “a kingdom of priests and an holy nation” Exo 19:5-6. And now He was ready visibly to testify that He made his abode with them.

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10. Exodus 34:20

    You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before Me empty-handed.

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    “Moses bowed . . . and worshipped--In the East, people bow the head to royalty, and are silent when it passes by, while in the West, they take off their hats and shout.

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11. Exodus 35:4–29

    Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:

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12. Exodus 35:21–29

    And everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.

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    “Every one whose heart stirred him up - Literally, whose heart was lifted up - whose affections were set on the work, being cordially engaged in the service of God.

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13. Exodus 36:3–6

    They received from Moses all the contributions that the Israelites had brought to carry out the service of constructing the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning,

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14. Exodus 38:8

    Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

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    “He made the laver - See Clarke’s note on Exo 30:18, etc. The looking-glasses - The word מראת maroth, from ראה raah, he saw, signifies reflectors or mirrors of any kind. Here metal, highly polished, must certainly be meant, as glass was not yet in use; and had it even been in use, we are sure that looking - Glasses could not make a Brazen laver. The word therefore should be rendered mirrors, not looking-glasses, which in the above verse is perfectly absurd, because from those maroth the brazen laver was made.

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15. Leviticus 19:5

    When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, you shall offer it for your acceptance.

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16. Leviticus 22:29

    When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf.

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