²⁴ But when the crop comes in, give a fifth^(A) of it to Pharaoh. The other four-fifths you may keep as seed for the fields and as food for yourselves and your households and your children.”

³⁴ Let Pharaoh appoint commissioners^(A) over the land to take a fifth^(B) of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.^(C)

Psalm 41^[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

¹⁵ He will take a tenth^(A) of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants. ¹⁶ Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle^[a] and donkeys he will take for his own use. ¹⁷ He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

³² Every tithe of the herd and flock—every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod^(A)—will be holy to the Lord.

²⁵ “You have saved our lives,” they said. “May we find favor in the eyes of our lord;^(A) we will be in bondage to Pharaoh.”^(B)