10 (A)Bring all the tithes into the (B)storehouse,
That there may be food in My house,
And try Me now in this,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“If I will not open for you the (C)windows of heaven
And (D)pour out for you such blessing
That there will not be room enough to receive it.

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The Cheerful Giver

(A)But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows [a]bountifully will also reap [b]bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, (B)not grudgingly or of [c]necessity; for (C)God loves a cheerful giver. (D)And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 9:6 with blessings
  2. 2 Corinthians 9:6 with blessings
  3. 2 Corinthians 9:7 compulsion

33 But (A)seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

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(A)Honor the Lord with your possessions,
And with the firstfruits of all your increase;
10 (B)So your barns will be filled with plenty,
And your vats will overflow with new wine.

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Trust in the Lord, and do good;
Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.

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12 The Lord will open to you His good [a]treasure, the heavens, (A)to give the rain to your land in its season, and (B)to bless all the work of your hand. (C)You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:12 storehouse

10 I also realized that the portions for the Levites had (A)not been given them; for each of the Levites and the singers who did the work had gone back to (B)his field. 11 So (C)I contended with the rulers, and said, (D)“Why is the house of God forsaken?” And I gathered them together and set them in their place. 12 (E)Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the oil to the storehouse. 13 (F)And I appointed as treasurers over the storehouse Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were considered (G)faithful, and their task was to distribute to their brethren.

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30 And (A)all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s. It is holy to the Lord.

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Temple Responsibilities

44 (A)And at the same time some were appointed over the rooms of the storehouse for the offerings, the firstfruits, and the (B)tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who [a]ministered.

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  1. Nehemiah 12:44 Lit. stood

Moreover he commanded the people who dwelt in Jerusalem to contribute (A)support[a] for the priests and the Levites, that they might devote themselves to (B)the Law of the Lord.

As soon as the commandment was circulated, the children of Israel brought in abundance (C)the firstfruits of grain and wine, oil and honey, and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the (D)tithe of everything. And the children of Israel and Judah, who dwelt in the cities of Judah, brought the tithe of oxen and sheep; also the (E)tithe of holy things which were consecrated to the Lord their God they laid in heaps.

In the third month they began laying them in heaps, and they finished in the seventh month. And when Hezekiah and the leaders came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord and His people Israel. Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. 10 And Azariah the chief priest, from the (F)house of Zadok, answered him and said, (G)“Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had enough to eat and have plenty left, for the Lord has blessed His people; and what is left is this great (H)abundance.”

11 Now Hezekiah commanded them to prepare (I)rooms[b] in the house of the Lord, and they prepared them. 12 Then they faithfully brought in the offerings, the tithes, and the dedicated things; (J)Cononiah the Levite had charge of them, and Shimei his brother was the next. 13 Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king and Azariah the (K)ruler of the house of God. 14 Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the East Gate, was over the (L)freewill offerings to God, to distribute the offerings of the Lord and the most holy things. 15 And under him were (M)Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, his faithful assistants in (N)the cities of the priests, to distribute (O)allotments to their brethren by divisions, to the great as well as the small.

16 Besides those males from three years old and up who were written in the genealogy, they distributed to everyone who entered the house of the Lord his daily portion for the work of his service, by his division, 17 and to the priests who were written in the genealogy according to their father’s house, and to the Levites (P)from twenty years old and up according to their work, by their divisions, 18 and to all who were written in the genealogy—their little ones and their wives, their sons and daughters, the whole company of them—for in their faithfulness they [c]sanctified themselves in holiness.

19 Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in (Q)the fields of the common-lands of their cities, in every single city, there were men who were (R)designated by name to distribute portions to all the males among the priests and to all who were listed by genealogies among the Levites.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 31:4 the portion due
  2. 2 Chronicles 31:11 storerooms
  3. 2 Chronicles 31:18 consecrated

16 Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully. 17 And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’

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Tithes for Support of the Levites

21 “Behold, (A)I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel as [a]an inheritance in return for the work which they perform, (B)the work of the tabernacle of meeting.

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  1. Numbers 18:21 a possession

(A)So an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, “Look, (B)if the Lord would make windows in heaven, could this thing be?”

And he said, “In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”

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10 You shall eat the (A)old harvest, and clear out the old because of the new.

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And he had prepared for him a large room, (A)where previously they had stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the articles, the tithes of grain, the new wine and oil, (B)which were commanded to be given to the Levites and singers and gatekeepers, and the offerings for the priests.

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47 In the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah all Israel gave the portions for the singers and the gatekeepers, a portion for (A)each day. (B)They also [a]consecrated holy things for the Levites, (C)and the Levites consecrated them for the children of Aaron.

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  1. Nehemiah 12:47 set apart

19 Then that officer had answered the man of God, and said, “Now look, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?”

And he had said, “In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”

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13 And Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said, but make me a small cake from it first, and bring it to me; and afterward make some for yourself and your son. 14 For thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day the Lord sends rain on the earth.’ ”

15 So she went away and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate for many days. 16 The bin of flour was not used up, nor did the jar of oil run dry, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke by Elijah.

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33 for (A)the showbread, for the regular grain offering, for the (B)regular burnt offering of the Sabbaths, the New Moons, and the set feasts; for the holy things, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and all the work of the house of our God. 34 We cast lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, (C)for bringing the wood offering into the house of our God, according to our fathers’ houses, at the appointed times year by year, to burn on the altar of the Lord our God (D)as it is written in the Law.

35 And we made ordinances (E)to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, to the house of the Lord; 36 to bring the (F)firstborn of our sons and our cattle, as it is written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and our flocks, to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God; 37 (G)to bring the firstfruits of our dough, our offerings, the fruit from all kinds of trees, the new wine and oil, to the priests, to the storerooms of the [a]house of our God; and to bring (H)the tithes of our land to the Levites, for the Levites should receive the tithes in all our farming communities. 38 And the priest, the descendant of Aaron, shall be with the Levites (I)when the Levites receive tithes; and the Levites shall bring up a tenth of the tithes to the house of our God, to (J)the rooms of the storehouse.

39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi (K)shall bring the offering of the grain, of the new wine and the oil, to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are, where the priests who minister and the gatekeepers (L)and the singers are; and we will not (M)neglect the house of our God.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 10:37 Temple

And He said to them, (A)“Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some. So they cast, and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of fish.

Therefore (B)that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it), and plunged into the sea. But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from land, but about two hundred cubits), dragging the net with fish. Then, as soon as they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread. 10 Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have just caught.”

11 Simon Peter went up and dragged the net to land, full of large fish, one hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not broken.

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19 (A)Is the seed still in the barn? As yet the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yielded fruit. But from this day I will (B)bless you.’ ”

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11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on (A)that day all (B)the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the (C)windows of heaven were opened.

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If the clouds are full of rain,
They empty themselves upon the earth;
And if a tree falls to the south or the north,
In the place where the tree falls, there it shall lie.

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And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.

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The Treasuries and Other Duties

20 Of the Levites, Ahijah was (A)over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the (B)dedicated[a] things.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 26:20 holy things

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