14:22 You must be certain to tithe 5 all the produce of your seed that comes from the field year after year. 14:23 In the presence of the Lord your God you must eat from the tithe of your grain, your new wine, 6 your olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the place he chooses to locate his name, so that you may learn to revere the Lord your God always. 14:24 When he 7 blesses you, if the 8 place where he chooses to locate his name is distant, 14:25 you may convert the tithe into money, secure the money, 9 and travel to the place the Lord your God chooses for himself. 14:26 Then you may spend the money however you wish for cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or whatever you desire. You and your household may eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and enjoy it. 14:27 As for the Levites in your villages, you must not ignore them, for they have no allotment or inheritance along with you. 14:28 At the end of every three years you must bring all the tithe of your produce, in that very year, and you must store it up in your villages. 14:29 Then the Levites (because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work you do.
26:12 When you finish tithing all 10 your income in the third year (the year of tithing), you must give it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows 11 so that they may eat to their satisfaction in your villages. 12
27:30 “‘Any tithe 15 of the land, from the grain of the land or from the fruit of the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord. 27:31 If a man redeems 16 part of his tithe, however, he must add one fifth to it. 17 27:32 All the tithe of herd or flock, everything which passes under the rod, the tenth one will be holy to the Lord. 18
1 tn Heb “heave offerings of your hand.”
2 tn Heb “and it will be (to) the place where the Lord your God chooses to cause his name to dwell you will bring.”
3 tn Heb “heave offerings of your hand.”
4 tn Heb “the
5 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, indicated in the translation by the words “be certain.”
6 tn This refers to wine in the early stages of fermentation. In its later stages it becomes wine (יַיִן, yayin) in its mature sense.
7 tn Heb “the
8 tn The Hebrew text includes “way is so far from you that you are unable to carry it because the.” These words have not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons, because they are redundant.
9 tn Heb “bind the silver in your hand.”
10 tn Heb includes “the tithes of.” This has not been included in the translation to avoid redundancy.
11 tn The terms “Levite, resident foreigner, orphan, and widow” are collective singulars in the Hebrew text (also in v. 13).
12 tn Heb “gates.”
13 sn These practices suggest overtones of pagan ritual, all of which the confessor denies having undertaken. In Canaan they were connected with fertility practices associated with harvest time. See E. H. Merrill, Deuteronomy (NAC), 335-36.
14 tn Heb “the
15 tn On the “tithe” system in Israel, see R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 2:1035-55 and esp. pp. 1041-42 on Lev 27:30-33.
16 tn Heb “And if redeeming [infinitive absolute] a man redeems [finite verb].” For the infinitive absolute used to highlight contrast rather than emphasis see GKC 343 §113.p.
17 tn Heb “its one fifth on it.”
18 sn The tithed animal was the tenth one that passed under the shepherd’s rod or staff as they were being counted (see J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 485, and B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 200).
19 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive construct of the verb “to bear” with the lamed (ל) preposition to express the result of such an action. “To bear their sin” would mean that they would have to suffer the consequences of their sin.
20 tn The verse begins with the perfect tense of עָבַד (’avad) with vav (ו) consecutive, making the form equal to the instructions preceding it. As its object the verb has the cognate accusative “service.”
21 sn The Levites have the care of the tent of meeting, and so they are responsible for any transgressions against it.
22 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Levites) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
23 tn The Hebrew text uses both the verb and the object from the same root to stress the point: They will not inherit an inheritance. The inheritance refers to land.
24 tn The classification of the perfect tense here too could be the perfect of resolve, since this law is declaring what will be their portion – “I have decided to give.”
25 tn In the Hebrew text the verb has no expressed subject (although the “Israelites” is certainly intended), and so it can be rendered as a passive.