Deuteronomy 14:22
in Deuteronomy 14You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.
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ASV
Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which cometh forth from the field year by year.
KJV
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 14
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThou shalt truly tithe - Meaning the second tithe which themselves were to eat, Deu 14:23, for there was a first tithe that was given to the Levites, out of which they paid a tenth part to the priests, Num 18:24-28; Neh 10:37, Neh 10:38. Then of that which remained, the owners separated a second tithe, which they ate before the Lord the first and second year; and in the third year it was given to the Levites and to the poor, Deu 14:28, Deu 14:
This site's exposition
You must be sure to set aside a tenth
on Deuteronomy 14:22-27
The tithe here is eaten by the man who brings it at the chosen place. The meal's stated reason is “so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always”, which makes the feast itself the lesson.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed,....
They are commanded to tithe truly, that is, to be sure to do it, and to do it faithfully and carefully, that God's part might not be diminished either with design or by oversight. Note, We must be sure to give God his full dues out of our estates; for, being but stewards of them, it is required that we be faithful, as those that must give account.
Moses here tells the people of Israel, I. How God had dignified them, as a peculiar people, with three distinguishing privileges, which were their honour, and figures of those spiritual blessings in heavenly things with which God has in Christ blessed us. Here is election: The Lord hath chosen thee,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed--The dedication of a tenth part of the year's produce in everything was then a religious duty. It was to be brought as an offering to the sanctuary; and, where distance prevented its being taken in kind, it was by this statute convertible into money.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
These words recall in general terms the command of the earlier legislation respecting tithes (compare Lev 27:30; Num 18:26), but refer more particularly to the second or festival tithe, which was an exclusively vegetable one.
How the passage was read
On Deuteronomy 14:22-29On Deuteronomy 14:22-29
The tithe system behind the mint and cumin
The Torah's tithe was agricultural: a tenth of grain, wine, and oil, eaten before the LORD or given, in the third year, to the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. The oral tradition extended the duty far beyond the named crops. The Mishnah's tractate on tithes opens with the general rule: “whatever is food, and is looked after, and grows from the land, is liable for tithes” (Maasrot 1:1). Under that rule even kitchen herbs were tithed, a scruple carried out leaf by leaf.
That is the practice behind Jesus' words about tithing “mint and dill and cumin” (Matthew 23:23). Read His sentence whole: “these you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.” He affirms the scruple and indicts the inversion of weight, the tithed herb beside the neglected justice, mercy, and faithfulness. The woe is about proportion, not about tithing.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עַשֵּׂ֣ר | ʾaser | fully <tithe> | H6237 → | 9 times |
| תְּעַשֵּׂ֔ר | teaser | you will tithe | H6237 → | 9 times |
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| תְּבוּאַ֣ת | tevuat | [the] produce of | H8393 → | 42 times |
| זַרְעֶ֑ךָ | zarekha | seed your | H2233 → | 229 times |
| הַיֹּצֵ֥א | haiyotze' | which comes out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה | hasadeh | the field | H7704 → | 334 times |
| שָׁנָ֥ה | shanah | a year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| שָׁנָֽה׃ | shanah | a year | H8141 → | 877 times |
עַשֵּׂ֣רfully <tithe>
ʾaserH6237 →9 times
תְּעַשֵּׂ֔רyou will tithe
teaserH6237 →9 times
אֵ֖ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
תְּבוּאַ֣ת[the] produce of
tevuatH8393 →42 times
זַרְעֶ֑ךָseed your
zarekhaH2233 →229 times
הַיֹּצֵ֥אwhich comes out
haiyotze'H3318 →1067 times
הַשָּׂדֶ֖הthe field
hasadehH7704 →334 times
שָׁנָ֥הa year
shanahH8141 →877 times
שָׁנָֽה׃a year
shanahH8141 →877 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 18:21Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 14:22–29
You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nehemiah 12:44
And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these…
- Nehemiah 10:37
Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of…
- Numbers 18:6
Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.
- Deuteronomy 14:22–29
Through
Nehemiah 10:37Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 26:2
you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 23:17
Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD.
- Numbers 18:21
Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.
- Deuteronomy 26:2
Through
Deuteronomy 12:17Within your gates you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, the firstborn of your herds or flocks, any of the offerings that you have vowed to give,…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 26:14
I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while in mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or offered any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God;…
- Deuteronomy 26:14
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.