Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
To charge
The third part
Bible References
To charge
Genesis 28:22
This stone which I have set up as a pillar (monument, memorial) will be God’s house [a sacred place to me], and of everything that You give me I will give the tenth to You [as an offering to signify my gratitude and dependence on You].”
Proverbs 3:9
Honor the Lord with your wealth
And with the first fruits of all your crops (income);
Honor the Lord with your wealth
And with the first fruits of all your crops (income);
The third part
Exodus 30:11
Then the Lord said to Moses,
Matthew 17:24
When they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the half-shekel [temple tax] went up to Peter and said, “Does not your teacher pay the half-shekel?”
2 Corinthians 8:12
For if the eagerness [to give] is there, it is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.