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All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is Yahweh`s: it is holy to Yahweh.
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The Tithe Belongs to God
All commentators agree that the tithe is not a gift from humanity's surplus but a return of what already belongs to God. It is described as God's "royal revenue" (Calvin) and a tangible acknowledgment that He is the ultimate "Owner of their land" (Henry). This principle establishes that withholding the tithe is failing to render to God what is fundamentally His.
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Leviticus
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19th Century
Anglican
And all the tithe of the land. —That is, of the soil, or what grows on it, in contradistinction to the tithes of the land…
16th Century
Protestant
And all the tithe of the land. In these words, God shows that in assigning the tithes to the Levites, He ceded His own rights, because the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And all the tithe of the land Of which there were various sorts, the first tithe, the tithe out of the tithe, the se…
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Presbyterian
Things or persons devoted are distinguished from things or persons that were only sanctified. Devoted things were most holy to the Lord, and could …
