Whatsoever passes under the rod - According to rabbinical tradition, the animals to be tithed were enclosed in a pen, and as they w…

Whatsoever passeth under the rod. —That is, for the purpose of counting and tithing them. The manner in which this was done is des…

And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock
Of oxen and sheep, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem; f…

Things or persons devoted are distinguished from things or persons that were only sanctified. Devoted things were most holy to the Lord, and could …