“Every third year you must offer a special tithe of your crops. In this year of the special tithe you must give your tithes to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows, so that they will have enough to eat in your towns.

Commentaries

5

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

See the marginal reference to Numbers and note. A strict fulfillment of the onerous and complicated tithe obligations was a leading part of the rig…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Deuteronomy 26:12–15. DECLARATION OF THE TITHE.

When you have made an end. —The time …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

When you have made an end of tithing. In this passage, Moses urgently urges them to offer the tithes willingly and abundantly, by placing …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

When you have made an end of tithing all the tithes of your
increase
Which, according t…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

How can the earth yield its increase, or, if it does, what comfort can we take in it, unless with it our God gives us his blessing? All this repres…