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
Then this stone that I have set up as a sacred stone will be the house of God, and I will surely give you back a tenth of everything you give me."
Proverbs 3:9
Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops;
The third part
Exodus 30:11
The Lord spoke to Moses:
Matthew 17:24
After they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and said, "Your teacher pays the double drachma tax, doesn't he?"
2 Corinthians 8:12
For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.