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If the way be too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it, because the place is too far from you, which Yahweh your God shall choose, to set his name there, when Yahweh your God shall bless you;
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God's Practical Grace
Commentators agree that this verse demonstrates God's practical grace. Recognizing that distance could make obedience a heavy burden, God provided a sensible solution: convert the physical tithes and offerings into money for easier transport. This shows that God's laws are not meant to be impossible, and He makes practical allowances to help His people worship Him faithfully.
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Deuteronomy
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16th Century
Protestant
And if the way be too long. I am kept from understanding this restriction as referring to the tithes, by the ordinance made elsewhere that…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And if the way be too long for you ; The way from the place where any Israelite might live:
to carry i…
Presbyterian
A second portion from the produce of their land was required. This whole provision was evidently directed against the covetousness, distrust, and s…
