Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
The first-fruits
To the chambers
And the tithes
General references
Bible References
The first-fruits
Leviticus 23:17
Bring two loaves of bread from your homes to present to Jehovah. Bake them with four quarts of flour. They are the first harvested grain for Jehovah.
Numbers 15:19
When any food produced there is eaten, some of it is to be set aside as a special contribution to Jehovah.
Numbers 18:12
I also give you the first of the produce they give Jehovah. It is the best of all the olive oil and the best of the new wine and fresh grain.
Deuteronomy 18:4
They are to receive the first share of the grain, wine, olive oil, and wool.
Deuteronomy 26:2
Take some of the first of all the produce of the ground that you bring in from your land that Jehovah your God gives you, and put it in a basket and go to the place where Jehovah your God chooses to establish His name.
To the chambers
Nehemiah 13:5
Had made a great room ready for him. This is where they once kept the meal offerings, the perfume, the vessels and the tenths of the grain and wine and oil. They were given by order to the Levites and the music-makers and the gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.
1 Kings 6:5
A third-story annex, seven and one half feet high, was built against the outside walls. It was on the sides and the back of the Temple.
2 Chronicles 31:11
On the king's orders they prepared storerooms in the Temple area
And the tithes
Leviticus 27:30
One-tenth of what comes from the land, whether grain or fruit, is holy and belongs to Jehovah.
Numbers 18:21
I have given the Levites one-tenth of every Israelite's income. This is in return for the work they do at the tent of meeting.
2 Chronicles 31:6
All the people who lived in the cities of Judah brought tithes of their cattle and sheep. They also brought large quantities of gifts they dedicated to Jehovah their God.
Malachi 3:8
I ask you: 'will you rob and defraud God? Of course not, yet you are robbing and defrauding me!' 'How have we robbed and defrauded?' You ask. 'In the matter of tithes and offerings.'
General references
Leviticus 27:30
One-tenth of what comes from the land, whether grain or fruit, is holy and belongs to Jehovah.
Deuteronomy 14:22
You shall surely tithe all the produce from what you sow, which comes out of the field every year.