John Gill Commentary Deuteronomy 14:25

"then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose:" — Deuteronomy 14:25 (ASV)

You shall then turn it into money
The tithe, which would be lighter and easier carriage:

and bind up the money in your hand ;
put it into a bag or purse, and tie it up and carry it in the hand; which some think was ordered, that it might not be mixed with other money; but it seems only to have respect to journeying, and making it fit for that. The Jewish writers, some of them, give a different sense of the word we render "bind up", and interpret it of marking the silver, or impressing a form, figure, or image on it with the hand; they mean that it must be coined money; so Maimonides ^F23 , they may not profane the sacred tithe with money not coined, nor with money not current, nor with money which is not in a man's power; for it is said,

in your hand ;
which the man is possessed of and is his own property:

and shall go unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose ;
carrying the money along with him, for which he sold the tithe.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F23: In Misn. Maaser Sheni, c. 11. sect. 2.