17 You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain or your new wine or your oil, of the firstborn of your herd or your flock, of any of your offerings which you vow, of your freewill offerings, or of the [a]heave offering of your hand. 18 But you must eat them before the Lord your God in the place which the Lord your God chooses, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God in [b]all to which you put your hands. 19 [c]Take heed to yourself that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 12:17 contribution
  2. Deuteronomy 12:18 all your undertakings
  3. Deuteronomy 12:19 Be careful

Tithing Principles

22 (A)“You shall truly tithe all the increase of your grain that the field produces year by year. 23 (B)And you shall eat before the Lord your God, in the place where He chooses to make His name abide, the tithe of your grain and your new wine and your oil, of (C)the firstborn of your herds and your flocks, that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always.

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