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22 “Certainly you must give a tithe of all the yield of your seed, which comes forth from your field year after year.[a] 23 And you shall eat before[b] Yahweh your God in the place that he will choose to make to dwell his name there the tithe of your grain, your wine and your olive oil and the firstling of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to revere Yahweh your God always.[c] 24 But if the distance is too great for you,[d] so that you are not able to transport[e] it, because the place that Yahweh your God will choose to set his name there, it is too far from you, when Yahweh your God will bless you, 25 then in that case you may exchange for money,[f] and you shall take[g] the money to your hand and go to the place that Yahweh your God will choose. 26 You may spend the money for anything that you desire,[h] for oxen or for sheep or for wine or for strong drink or for anything that you desire,[i] and you shall eat it there before[j] Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household. 27 And as to the Levite who is in your towns,[k] you shall not neglect him, because there is not a plot of ground for him and an inheritance along with you.

28 “At the end of three years you shall bring out all of the tithe of your yield for that year, and you shall store it in your towns.[l] 29 And so the Levite may come, because there is no plot of ground for him or an inheritance with you, and the alien also may come and the orphan and the widow that are in your towns,[m] and they may eat their fill,[n] so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all of the work of your hand that you undertake.”

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 14:22 Literally “the going forth of the field year by year”
  2. Deuteronomy 14:23 Literally “before the faces of”
  3. Deuteronomy 14:23 Literally “all of the days”
  4. Deuteronomy 14:24 Literally “it is great from you the journey that”
  5. Deuteronomy 14:24 Or “carry”
  6. Deuteronomy 14:25 Literally “you may give it in for the money/silver”
  7. Deuteronomy 14:25 Or “bind”
  8. Deuteronomy 14:26 Literally “that your soul/inner self desires”
  9. Deuteronomy 14:26 Literally “that your soul/inner self desires”
  10. Deuteronomy 14:26 Literally “to the face of”
  11. Deuteronomy 14:27 Literally “gates”
  12. Deuteronomy 14:28 Literally “gates”
  13. Deuteronomy 14:29 Literally “gates”
  14. Deuteronomy 14:29 Literally “they may eat and they may be satisfied”

The Offering of Tithes

22 You must be certain to tithe[a] all the produce of your seed that comes from the field year after year. 23 In the presence of the Lord your God, in the place he chooses to locate his name, you must eat from the tithe of your grain, your new wine,[b] your olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, so that you may learn to revere the Lord your God always. 24 When he[c] blesses you, if the[d] place where he chooses to locate his name is distant, 25 you may convert the tithe into money, secure the money,[e] and travel to the place the Lord your God chooses for himself. 26 Then you may spend the money however you wish for cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or whatever you desire. You and your household may eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and enjoy it. 27 As for the Levites in your villages, you must not ignore them, for they have no allotment or inheritance along with you. 28 At the end of every three years you must bring all the tithe of your produce, in that very year, and you must store it up in your villages. 29 Then the Levites (because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work you do.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 14:22 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, indicated in the translation by the words “be certain.”
  2. Deuteronomy 14:23 tn This refers to wine in the early stages of fermentation. In its later stages it becomes wine (יַיִן, yayin) in its mature sense.
  3. Deuteronomy 14:24 tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “He” in 14:2.
  4. Deuteronomy 14:24 tn The Hebrew text includes “way is so far from you that you are unable to carry it because the.” These words have not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons, because they are redundant.
  5. Deuteronomy 14:25 tn Heb “bind the silver in your hand.”