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Deuteronomy 14:28
At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text addresses the Israelite community, directing them to allocate agricultural produce for local support within the settlement.
The words — The phrase מִקְצֵה שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים (miqṣê šālōš šānîm) literally means "at the end of three years," paired with תּוֹצִיא (tōṣiʾ, "you will bring out") to mark the tithe's distribution.
The thread — This triennial collection cycle connects to Deuteronomy 26:12, which commands the completion of the third-year tithe, and stands alongside Deuteronomy 14:22, which establishes a separate annual tithe requirement.
Why it lands — The text commands residents to store a tenth of their harvest locally so that the Levite, foreigner, fatherless, and widow may eat and be satisfied.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 14:22 You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.
- 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.
- Amos 4:4 “Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.