Offering Firstfruits and Tithes
(Leviticus 27:30–34; Deuteronomy 14:22–29; Nehemiah 13:10–14)
When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and settle in it, Deu 17:14Deu 13:1Deu 13:9Deu 18:9Deu 5:31Deu 6:1-10Deu 7:1Num 15:18 you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name, Exo 23:19Exo 23:161Co 15:20Deu 16:10Exo 34:26Ezk 44:301Co 16:2Deu 12:5-6 to the priest who is serving at that time, and say to him, “I declare today to the LORD your God that I have entered the land that the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.” 1Pe 2:5Deu 19:17Gen 17:8Gen 26:3Heb 10:21Heb 13:15Heb 6:16-18Heb 7:26
Then the priest shall take the basket from your hands and place it before the altar of the LORD your God, Heb 13:10-12Mat 23:19Mat 5:23-24 and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous. Deu 10:22Gen 46:27Gen 31:20Gen 43:1-2Gen 31:24Gen 43:12Gen 45:11Gen 45:7 But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor. Exo 1:11Exo 1:14Deu 4:20Exo 1:16Exo 1:22Exo 5:23Exo 5:9Exo 5:19 So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression. Exo 2:23Eph 3:20-21Exo 3:91Sa 9:16Exo 4:31Exo 6:5Jer 33:2Psa 103:1-2 Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders. Deu 4:34Deu 5:15Exo 12:37Exo 12:41Exo 12:51Exo 13:3Exo 14:16-31Psa 105:27-38 And He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. Exo 3:81Sa 7:12Act 26:22Ezk 20:15Ezk 20:6Jos 23:14Psa 105:44Psa 107:7-8 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land that You, O LORD, have given me.” 1Ch 29:141Co 10:311Pe 4:10-11Deu 18:4Deu 26:17Deu 26:2Deu 26:4Deu 6:10-13
Then you are to place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before Him. So you shall rejoice—you, the Levite, and the foreigner dwelling among you—in all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household. Deu 16:11Deu 12:7Php 4:4Deu 28:47Isa 65:14Psa 100:1-2Deu 12:12Psa 63:3-5
When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat and be filled within your gates. Lev 27:30Num 18:24Php 4:18-19Deu 14:22-29Heb 7:5Pro 14:21Deu 12:17-19Deu 16:14
Then you shall declare in the presence of the LORD your God, “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commandments You have given me. I have not transgressed or forgotten Your commandments. Psa 119:141Psa 119:153Psa 119:1761Jn 3:17-222Co 1:122Co 11:31Act 24:16Deu 14:29 I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while in mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or offered any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God; I have done everything You commanded me. Lev 7:20Hos 9:4Lev 21:1Lev 21:11Psa 106:28Deu 16:11Ezk 24:17Mal 2:13 Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.” Isa 63:15Zec 2:131Ki 8:271Ki 8:43Act 7:49Isa 66:1-2Jer 31:23Deu 26:7
Obey the LORD’s Commands
The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and with all your soul. Jhn 14:15Deu 12:11Jn 5:2-3Deu 11:1Deu 11:8Deu 12:32Deu 13:3-4Deu 4:1-6
Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice. Exo 24:7Isa 12:21Co 6:19-20Exo 20:192Co 8:5Deu 13:18Deu 15:5Deu 30:16
And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments, Deu 14:2Deu 28:9Deu 7:6Exo 6:7Tit 2:14Exo 19:5-6Ezk 36:25-27Rom 16:26 that He will set you high in praise and name and honor above all the nations He has made, and that you will be a holy people to the LORD your God, as He has promised. 1Pe 2:9Deu 28:1Deu 7:6Deu 4:7-8Exo 19:6Isa 62:121Pe 2:5Rev 1:5-6