Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 14:22–end
We have here a part of the statute concerning tithes. The productions of the ground were twice tithed, so that, putting both together, a fifth part was devoted to God out of their increase, and only four parts of five were for their own common use; and they could not but own they paid an easy rent, especially since God's part was disposed of to their own benefit and advantage. The first tithe was for the maintenance of their Levites, who taught them the good knowledge of God, and ministered to them in holy things; this is supposed as anciently due, and is entailed upon the Levites as an inheritance, by that law, Num 18:24, etc. But it is the second tithe that is here spoken of, which was to…
Read the whole note in the consoleJamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 14:22
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed--The dedication of a tenth part of the year's produce in everything was then a religious duty. It was to be brought as an offering to the sanctuary; and, where distance prevented its being taken in kind, it was by this statute convertible into money.
John Gill on Deuteronomy 14:22
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed,.... This was a different tithe from that which was made and given to the Levites, and out of which a tithe was taken and given to the priests, and which they only ate of; but this, as appears by the following verse, was what the owners themselves ate of, and so the tithing was left to be made by them themselves, and which they were to be sure to make, and to make it truly and faithfully:
that the field bringeth forth year by year; being ploughed and sowed yearly, the produce of it was to be tithed yearly; the Jewish writers (t) observe on this, that it must be what the earth produces, and is fit for food: and it must be thy seed, which is…
Read the whole note in the consoleJohn Calvin on Deuteronomy 14:22
Deuteronomy 14:22, 27-29
22. Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
22. Decimando decimabis omnem proventum seminis tui, quod egressum fuerit ex agro annuatim.
27. And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
27. Levitam autem qui intra portas tuas habitaverit non derelinques: quia non est ei pars et haereditas tecum.
28. At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
28. Tertio autem anno proferes omnes decimas proventus tui anno ipso, et repones intra portas tuas.
29. A…
