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1 | Tithe - Contd ... | Deut 14:23 | geevee | 54711 | ||
Thanks Hank. I think your explanation was very helpful and makes sense. However I wonder if it goes a little deeper. Deut 24:26 states "You may spend the money for whatever your heart desires: for oxen, or sheep, or wine, or strong drink, or whatever your heart desires; and there you shall eat in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice, you and your household." It specifically refers to you and your household. Does it mean that the Tithe is to be used for you and your household as well as the widows and the fatherless and the Levites? The way it was explained to me was that God wants us to look at Him as our source and not the money we have saved up and that was the reason that he requires us give/use on ourself 10 percent of it. Does that sound right? Please give me your comments. I second Tim Moran for his gentleness. I spent about 8 hours yesterday and ready many of Tim's posts. He is a great example for us to duplicate. Thanks Tim and God Bless U. GeeVee |
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2 | Tithe - Contd ... | Deut 14:23 | srbaegon | 54716 | ||
Hello GeeVee From Adam Clarke's commentary: Verse 22. Thou shalt truly tithe] Meaning the second tithe which themselves were to eat, ver. 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. xviii. 24-28; Neh. x. 37, 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, ver. 28, 29. In the fourth and fifth years it was eaten again by the owners, and in the sixth year was given to the poor. The seventh year was a Sabbath to the land, and then all things were common, Exodus xxiii. 10, 11, where see the notes, See "Exod. xxiii. 11", and see Ainsworth on this verse. Matthew Henry's commentary agrees. Hope it helps. Steve |
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3 | Tithe - Contd ... | Deut 14:23 | geevee | 54719 | ||
Hi Steve Thanks a lot. That clears a lot of things up for me. I looked up Mathew Henry's Commentary and for those interested, here is what it says: "The productions of the ground were twice tithed, so that, putting both together, a fifth part was devoted to God out of their increase, and only four parts of five were for their own common use; and they could not but own they paid an easy rent, especially since God's part was disposed of to their own benefit and advantage. The first tithe was for the maintenance of their Levites, who taught them the good knowledge of God, and ministered to them in holy things; this is supposed as anciently due, and is entailed upon the Levites as an inheritance." "But it is the second tithe that is here spoken of, which was to be taken out of the remainder when the Levites had had theirs. " "This second tithe may be disposed of, 1. In works of piety, for the first two years after the year of release. They must bring it up, either in kind or in the full value of it, to the place of the sanctuary, and there must spend it in holy feasting before the Lord. If they could do it with any convenience, they must bring it in kind (v. 23); but, if not, they might turn it into money (v. 24, 25), and that money must be laid out in something to feast upon before the Lord. The comfortable cheerful using of what God has given us, with temperance and sobriety, is really the honouring of God with it. Contentment, holy joy, and thankfulness, make every meal a religious feast. The end of this law we have (v. 23): That thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always; it was to keep them right and firm to their religion." "2. Every third year this tithe must be disposed of at home in works of charity (v. 28, 29): Lay it up within they own gates, and let it be given to the poor, who, knowing the provision this law had made for them, no doubt would come to seek it; and, that they might make the poor familiar to them and not disdain their company, they are here directed to welcome them to their houses. "Thither let them come, and eat and be satisfied." In this charitable distribution of the second tithe they must have an eye to the poor ministers and add to their encouragement by entertaining them, then to poor strangers (not only for the supply of their necessities, but to put a respect upon them, and so to invite them to turn proselytes), and then to the fatherless and widow, who, though perhaps they might have a competent maintenance left them, yet could not be supposed to live so plentifully and comfortably as they had done in months past, and therefore they were to countenance them, and help to make them easy by inviting them to this entertainment. " GeeVee |
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