Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 14:22
You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses instructs Israel on covenant obligations immediately after regulating dietary restrictions and the disposal of unclean carcasses.
The words — The Hebrew verb תְּעַשֵּׂר (teʿaśser, "you will tithe") commands the mandatory separation of a tenth. It acts on כָּל־תְּבוּאַת זַרְעֶךָ הַיּוֹצֵא הַשָּׂדֶה (kol-tĕḇūʿat zaraʿeka hayyōṣēʾ hasśādeh, "all the produce of your seed which comes out of the field").
The thread — The practice extends to Levite support in Numbers 18:21, requires bringing these tithes to the chosen dwelling place in Deuteronomy 12:6, and prohibits consuming them within one’s own gates per Deuteronomy 12:17.
Why it lands — The text commands the physical separation of agricultural yield before requiring communal consumption before God to cultivate reverence.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
Cross-references
- 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 12:6 To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
- Deuteronomy 12:17 Within 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, or your freewill offerings or special gifts.
- Deuteronomy 26:12 When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat and be filled within your gates.
- 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 our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.
- Leviticus 27:30 Thus any tithe from the land, whether from the seed of the land or the fruit of the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.