A very important part of Pentecostal theology is ‘tithing’. To tithe means to give at least 10% of one’s increase from all sources to the church. This money goes to the church leaders for them to use for salaries, buildings and other church related ‘missions’. They teach that this is a command in the Bible. However, there is no continuing Bible command to tithe. Tithing was required in the Mosaic Law, but these ceremonial laws were fulfilled by Christ and ‘nailed to the cross’. However, all God’s people will want to help others in need and generously give themselves as a living sacrifice. Moreover, the tithe actually has an important spiritual meaning. The tithe is a symbolic reference to God’s people. More specifically, the tithe is God’s Inheritance (the giving of His holy people as a remnant). The tithe represents the remnant of people (which points to God’s people who He has saved out of this world). In the Mosaic Law, tithes were holy. God’s people are holy. This study explores the symbolic meaning and fulfillment of tithing. In particular, Abraham gave a tithe of all to Melchizedek (who is a symbol of Jesus Christ). Also, Jacob gave a tenth of all to the ‘house of God’. The symbolic tenth of people symbolize those who are saved. Also, this study examines Mat 3:7-12 concerning the tithes being brought into the storehouse. There is a beautiful symbolic truth in this passage. Tithes brought into the storehouse is symbolic of the salvation of God’s people, who receive an abundance of blessing in the kingdom of God.
Symbolic Meaning of a Tenth (Tithe)
10 Number of fullness / completeness
Gen 14 – Tithe of all to Melchizedek by Abraham
Gen 28 / 35 – Jacob Tithes in Bethel (remnant of Israel)
Isa 6:8-13 – The Tenth has the Holy Seed (God’s people, the Remnant)
Amos 5:3 – Israel Forsaken, but a tenth shall be Left in the Land (Remnant)
Neh 11:1-2 – One of 10 Dwelled in the Holy City, Jerusalem
Luke 17:11-19 – 10 Lepers Cleansed, but only 1 Turned to Jesus Christ
Omer, Ephah (Bath) and a Homer
Firstfruits of your Increase, different from tithes
Blessings, Cursings and the Widows of Heaven
Devourer of the fruits of the land
Vine casts fruit before its time
Tithing as Hypocritical / Kings take Tithes
Herd, Flock (whatever passes under the rod)
Of the land (seed of the land, fruit of the tree, wine, oil corn, etc.)
Tithes Given to Levites as an Inheritance / service of the tabernacle
God’s inheritance is His people:
Tithes Given to Stranger, Fatherless and Widows
The Poor Tithe (Salvation) for a Sin Offering
Brought to God’s House, Within the Gates
Tithes are a Heave Offering unto the Lord – (terumah)
Levites offer a Tithe of the Tithe (see Heave Offering above)
Tithes to Priests (Aaron, High Priest) – Tithe of Tithe
Tithes to Levites in all the Cities
The Tithe for an Unfaithful Wife
Daily Tithe (see above on Ephah)
Hezekiah / Ezra Reestablish the Tithe
Hebrew Words for Tenth / Tithe
New Testament – Greek Words for tenth
Symbolic Meaning of a Tenth (Tithe)
10 Number of fullness / completeness
- 10 commandments ‑ Ex 34:28, Deut 4:13, Deut 10:4
- Parable of the 10 virgins (symbolizes all those waiting for Christ’s return) – Mat 25:1-13
- Parable of the 10 pounds – Lk 19:11-27
- Cleansing of the 10 lepers – Lk 17:12-17
- Parable of the lost coin / 10 pieces of silver – Lk 15:8-10
- 10 horns – Rev 13:1, 17:3,7,12,16 w/ Dan 2:42, 7:7, 19-23
- 10 commandments ‑ Ex 34:28, Deut 4:13, Deut 10:4
- Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city. (Ecc 7:19)
Gen 14 – Tithe of all to Melchizedek by Abraham
- And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. (Gen 14:18-21)
- All – literally, all, whole, every, altogether
- Includes people and goods (see Gen 14:21)
- And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. (Gen 14:16)
- Abraham – father of the faithful:
- And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. (Gal 3:29)
- And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. (Rom 4:11-13)
- Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. (Gal 3:16)
- Melchizedek – a symbol for Jesus Christ
- Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. (Psa 110:3-4)
- So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. (Heb 5:5-6)
- And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec. (Heb 5:9-10)
- Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. (Heb 6:19-20)
- Forerunner – G4274 (prodromos, pro (G4253) and dromos (G1408)) – to run the race before
- For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. (Heb 7:1-3)
- Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. (Heb 7:4)
- Spoils – Gr: akrothinion, G205 (only occurrence).
- And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham: But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises. And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better. And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. (Heb 7:5-9)
- Payed – not in Greek text
- Tithes – Gr: dekatoo (G1183) – Literally, a tenth (2 occurrences in Heb 7:6-9)
- For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him. If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. (Heb 7:10-12)
- For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. (Heb 7:13-19)
- The spoiling of Satan’s kingdom – Mat 12:22-29, Mk 3:22-27, LK 11:14-23
- Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. (Isa 49:24-25)
- He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. (Isa 53:11-12)
Gen 28 / 35 – Jacob Tithes in Bethel (remnant of Israel)
- And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. (Gen 28:22)
- Double H6237 (asar)
- See entire context of Gen 35:1-15
- Tithe reckoned as God’s house – Gen 28:22
- House is where God dwells with His people (see below on bringing tithes into the Storehouse (Mal 3)
- And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth. And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. (Gen 35:7-9)
- Covenant with Isaac (what is to be given to him):
- Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; (Gen 26:3-4)
- Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee. (Gen 27:28-29)
- And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. (Gen 35:10-12)
- Remnant of Jacob:
- And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. (Isa 10:20)
- The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. (Isa 10:21)
- Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: (Isa 46:3)
- For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. (Jer 31:7)
- I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. (Mic 2:12)
- And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. (Mic 5:7)
- And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. (Mic 5:8)
- Remnant of Israel:
- So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria. (2Ch 30:6)
- And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem. (2Ch 34:9)
- And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. (Isa 10:20)
- For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. (Isa 10:22)
- And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. (Isa 11:16)
- The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts. (Isa 17:3)
- Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: (Isa 46:3)
- Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets. (Jer 6:9)
- For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. (Jer 31:7)
- And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; (Jer 42:15)
- And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel? (Eze 11:13)
- I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. (Mic 2:12)
- Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. (Mic 5:3)
- Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. (Zep 2:9)
- The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. (Zep 3:13)
- Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: (Rom 9:27)
- Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel. The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up. For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel. (Amo 5:1-3)
Isa 6:8-13 – The Tenth has the Holy Seed (God’s people, the Remnant)
- Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land. But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance (Isa 6:8-13)
- Return – Heb: shub (H7725) – 1058 occurrences – See notes on Mal 3:7 – points to restoration (salvation)
- Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. (Psa 80:3)
- Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. (Psa 80:7)
- Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; (Psa 80:14)
- Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. (Psa 80:19)
- Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. (Psa 85:4)
- But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. (Isa 6:13)
- And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. (Jer 31:17-19)
- Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. (Lam 5:21)
- And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. (Luk 1:16)
- Eaten – Heb: baar (H1197) – literally, to kindle (burn) – 94 occurrences
- Burn as an oven – Mal 4:1
- And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God. (Zec 13:8-9)
- For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. (Psa 66:10-12)
- When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. (Isa 43:2)
- Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: (1Pe 4:12)
- That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: (1Pe 1:7)
- Substance (H4678 – matstsebeth) – 6 occurrences – monument (pillar – Gen 35:14, Gen 35:20, 2 Sam 18:18 (2))
- Holy Seed – points to Christ and His people
- Jesus Christ and His people as the Seed – Gal 3:16, Gal 3:19, Gal 3:26, 2 Tim 2:8, Heb 2:16, Acts 13:23
- Trees
- People (whether saved or not) – Mk 8:24
- Good fruit or bad fruit – Mat 3:10. Mat 7:17-19, Mat 12:33, Lk 3:9, Lk 6:43-44, Jude 12
- God’s people – Ps 1:1-3, Ps 52:8, Ps 92:12, Pr 11:30, Is 1:30, Is 61:3, Jer 11:16, Jer 17:8, Jer 11:19, Zech 4:3, Zech 4:11, Rev 11:4
- … as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. (Isa 6:13)
- Trees – often symbolic of God’s people – Ps 1:1-3, Ps 52:8, Ps 92:12
- … every tree which brings not forth good fruit is hewn down … (Mat 3:10)
- 2 trees (2 is number of witnessing) – Rev 11:3-4, Lk 10:1-2
- Holy Seed – points to the indwelling of Christ in His people
- Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He says not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy Seed, which is Christ. (Gal 3:16)
- And if ye be Christ’s, then are you Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. (Gal 3:29)
- Leaves not in Hebrew text
- Cast (H7995 – shalleketh – only occurrence; from H7993 – shalak – cast throw off)
- But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return … as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves … (Isa 6:13)
- Their leaves – not in Hebrew text
- … you who were … far off are made near by the blood of Christ (Eph 2:13)
- For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. (1Pe 2:25)
- … Has God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham … (Rom 11:1)
- Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. (Rom 11:5)
- For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? (Rom 11:15-17)
- Parallel passage to Romans 11:
- I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. (Rom 11:1)
- Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. (Rom 11:5)
- What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. (Rom 11:7-8)
- For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; (Rom 11:15-17)
Jud 20:10 – The Elect Tenth of Israel to Deliver Justice against the Children of Belial for the Killing of the Levite’s Concubine
- But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it; And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel. (Jdg 20:9-10)
Amos 5:3 – Israel Forsaken, but a tenth shall be Left in the Land (Remnant)
- Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel. The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up. For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel. (Amo 5:1-3)
- See discussion on ‘remnant’ above in Gen 28 / 35 section.
Neh 11:1-2 – One of 10 Dwelled in the Holy City, Jerusalem
- And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities. And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. (Neh 11:1-2)
Luke 17:11-19 – 10 Lepers Cleansed, but only 1 Turned to Jesus Christ
- And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole. (Luk 17:11-19)
Tithes are holy
- And 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 unto the LORD. (Lev 27:30)
- And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD. (Lev 27:32)
- And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps. (2Ch 31:6)
- But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. (Isa 6:13)
Omer, Ephah (Bath) and a Homer
- Omer = 1/10 of an ephah – Exo 16:36
- Represents Jesus Christ as the sheaf the first-fruits
- Tithe of a tithe
- Ephah (dry measure) = bath (liquid measure) – Eze 45:11, 2 Chr 2:10, Ezra 7:22
- Represents God’s people
- Ephah / bath = 1/10 of a homer – Eze 45:11, Eze 45:14
- Homer = cor – Eze 45:14
- Represents the large volume of clay (which all people come from)
- Omer (H6016) – 14 occurrences – literally, heap, sheaf
- The bread (manna) of life in the wilderness (Christ) – Exo 16:16-22
- This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents. (Exo 16:16)
- And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating. (Exo 16:18)
- And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. (Exo 16:22)
- And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. (Exo 16:32)
- And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. (Exo 16:33)
- Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. (Exo 16:36)
- Sheaf of the Feast of first-fruits – Lev 23:10-15
- Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: (Lev 23:10)
- And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. (Lev 23:11)
- And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD. (Lev 23:12)
- And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: (Lev 23:15)
- Sheaf in the field for strangers, orphans, widows (salvation in Christ)
- When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. (Deu 24:19)
- And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house. (Rth 2:7)
- And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: (Rth 2:15)
- They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry; (Job 24:10)
- The bread (manna) of life in the wilderness (Christ) – Exo 16:16-22
- Ephah (H374) – 40 occurrences – measure for grain
- Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. (Exo 16:36)
- 1/10 of an ephah – Daily Bread Offering (Christ)
- And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil. (Num 28:5)
- Offering of the poor – 1/10 of an ephah
- But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering. (Lev 5:11)
- Offering of the priests when they are anointed – 1/10 of an ephah
- This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night. (Lev 6:20)
- Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance. (Num 5:15)
- Ephah represents a just measure
- Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. (Deu 25:14)
- But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. (Deu 25:15)
- Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. (Lev 19:36)
- Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? (Amo 8:5)
- Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? (Mic 6:10)
- Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. (Pro 20:10)
- Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. (Eze 45:10)
- And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented (Jdg 6:19)
- So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. (Rth 2:17)
- Glean – Heb: laqat (H3950) – literally, to gather up
- Lev 19:9-10, Lev 23:22, Deut 24:21 (for the needy and foreigner)
- See also Isa 24:13, Isa 17:5-7, Eze 11:17, 29:13, 34:13, 36:24, Neh 1:9, Deut 30:3-4, Is 27:12, Ps 147:2
- Poor – those who are to be saved – Mat 5:3,11:5, Mk 12:42-43, Lk 4:18, 6:20, 7:22, 2 Cor 6:10
- Glean – Heb: laqat (H3950) – literally, to gather up
- And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was (1Sa 1:24)
- And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren; (1Sa 17:17)
- Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. (Isa 5:10)
- 10 – symbol of fullness
- Acres – Heb: tsemed (H6776) – 15 occurrences – literally, a yoke (pair) symbol of witnesses (Isa 5:10 is the only translation as ‘acre’)
- Seed – Heb: zera (H2233) – 229 occurrences – seed points to offspring, child (see Gen 3:15)
- In context, bath and ephah points to the harvest (God’s people)
- The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. (Eze 45:11)
- This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley: (Eze 45:13)
- And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah. (Eze 45:24)
- And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. (Eze 46:5)
- And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah. (Eze 46:7)
- And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. (Eze 46:11)
- And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the LORD. (Eze 46:14)
- Wicked woman in the ephah – Zech 5
- And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth. (Zec 5:6)
- And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. (Zec 5:7)
- And he said, This is And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. (Zec 5:8)
- Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven. (Zec 5:9)
- Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah? (Zec 5:10)
- Bath (H1324/H1325) – 15 occurrences – liquid measure for water, oil and wine
- Lavers for washing
- And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths. (1Ki 7:26)
- Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver. (1Ki 7:38)
- For oil and wine:
- And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. (2Ch 2:10)
- And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths. (2Ch 4:5)
- Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. (Ezr 7:22)
- Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. (Isa 5:10)
- Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer: (Eze 45:14)
- Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. (Eze 45:10)
- The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. (Eze 45:11)
- Lavers for washing
- Homer (H2563) – literally, bubbling up – 31 occurrences – clay, mortar, heap, homer
- And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. (Gen 11:3)
- And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigor. (Exo 1:14)
- And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank. (Exo 8:14)
- And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. (Lev 27:16)
- And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. (Num 11:32)
- How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? (Job 4:19)
- Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? (Job 10:9)
- Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay. (Job 13:12)
- Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; (Job 27:16)
- He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. (Job 30:19)
- Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay. (Job 33:6)
- It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. (Job 38:14)
- Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. (Isa 5:10)
- I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. (Isa 10:6)
- Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? (Isa 29:16)
- I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. (Isa 41:25)
- Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? (Isa 45:9)
- But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. (Isa 64:8)
- And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make (Jer 18:4)
- O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. (Jer 18:6)
- The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. (Eze 45:11)
- This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley: (Eze 45:13)
- Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer: (Eze 45:14)
- So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: (Hos 3:2)
- Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln. (Nah 3:14)
- Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters. (Hab 3:15)
- Cor (H3734) – 9 occurrences – a deep round vessel (measure)
- And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, (1Ki 4:22)
- And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. (1Ki 5:11)
- And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. (2Ch 2:10)
- He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third. (2Ch 27:5)
- Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. (Ezr 7:22)
- Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer: (Eze 45:14)
Firstfruits of your Increase, different from tithes
- Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. (Pro 3:9-10)
- Firstfruits – literally, beginning (Gen 1:1)
- The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk. (Exo 23:19)
- The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. (Deu 18:4)
- The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk. (Exo 34:26)
- Tithes given as well as ‘First-fruits’ are given:
- And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: (Deu 12:6)
- Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: (Deu 12:17)
- And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always. (Deu 14:23)
- And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. (2Ch 31:5)
- And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. (Neh 10:37)
- And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. (Neh 12:44)
Bring Tithes into Storehouse
For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts. And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts. (Mal 3:6-12)
Return
- Return – Heb: shub (H7725) – 1058 occurrences – points to restoration (salvation)
- Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. (Psa 80:3)
- Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. (Psa 80:7)
- Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; (Psa 80:14)
- Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. (Psa 80:19)
- Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. (Psa 85:4)
- But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. (Isa 6:13)
- And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. (Jer 31:17-19)
- Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. (Lam 5:21)
- And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. (Luk 1:16)
- Repentance – New Testament
- Gr: metanoeo (lit: another mind)
- Intimately Linked with Salvation – Lk 24:46-48, Lk 13:3, Lk 13:5, 2 Pet 3:9, Acts 17:30-31, Acts 26:20
- See also Lk 15:7, Rev 2:5, Rev 2:16, Rev 2:21‑22, Rev 3:3, Rev 3:19, Rev 9:20‑21, Rev 16:9‑11
- Preaching Gospel Involves Repentance ‑ Mk 11:20‑21, Mk 12:41, Acts 2:38, Acts 3:19, Mk 1:14‑15, Mk 2:17, Mk 6:12, Mat 9:13, Mat 4:17, Lk 5:32, Acts 20:20‑21
- John the Baptist preached repentance – Mat 3:2,8,11, Mk 1:4, Lk 3:3,8, Acts 13:24, 19:4
- Repentance Granted by God – Acts 5:31, 2 Tim 2:24-26, Ro 2:4, Acts 11:18
- False Repentance
- Esau ‑ Heb 12:17, Judas ‑ Mat 27:3
- John the Baptist preached repentance – Mat 3:2,8,11, Mk 1:4, Lk 3:3,8, Acts 13:24, 19:4
- Unsaved minds are hostile ‑ Eph 4:17‑18, Ro 8:6‑7, Col 2:18, Eph 2:3, Ro 1:21,28, 1 Tim 6:5, 2 Tim 3:8, Titus 2:15
- Christians minds are changed ‑ 1 Cor 2:16, Heb 8:10, 10:16‑17, Jer 31:34, Col 3:9‑10, 2 Tim 1:7, 2 Pet 3:1, Ro 8:5, Eph 4:23, Phil 4:7, Col 3:2, 1 Pet 1:13, Ro 12:2, Phil 4:8
- Last Day – No more repentance to occur – Rev 9:20-21
Robbing God
- Robbed – Heb: qara (H6906) – literally, to cover – defraud – 6 occurrences in Mal 3:8-9, Pro 22:23
- Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled (Pro 22:22-23)
- H6906 equated to ‘rob’ in Pro 22:22 (H1497 – gazal, literally, to pluck off)
- Robbers – G3027 (Gr: lestes) – to rob, plunder – 15 occurrences
- And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. (Mat 21:13)
- In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. (Mat 26:55)
- Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. (Mat 27:38)
- The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. (Mat 27:44)
- And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? But ye have made it a den of thieves. (Mar 11:17)
- And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me? (Mar 14:48)
- And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left. (Mar 15:27)
- And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. (Luk 10:30)
- Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? (Luk 10:36)
- Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves. (Luk 19:46)
- Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves? (Luk 22:52)
- Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. (Joh 10:1)
- All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. (Joh 10:8)
- Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. (Joh 18:40)
- In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; (2Co 11:26)
- All people are indebted to God – to owe a debt (G3781-G3785)
- G3784 (Gr: opheilo)
- Render unto God the things that are God’s – Mat 22:21, Mk 12:17, Lk 20:25, Rom 13:7
- And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. (Mat 6:12)
- Parable of the unforgiving servant – Mat 18:21-35
- I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. (Rom 1:14)
- Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. (Rom 8:12)
- It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things. (Rom 15:27)
- For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. (Gal 5:3)
- Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. (Rom 13:7-8)
- Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. (Rom 4:4)
- Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! (Mat 23:16)
- And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. (Mat 23:18)
- There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. (Luk 7:41)
- And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. (Luk 11:4)
- So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? (Luk 16:5)
- Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. (Luk 16:7)
- So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do. (Luk 17:10)
- If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. (Joh 13:14)
- The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. (Joh 19:7)
- Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device. (Act 17:29)
- We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. (Rom 15:1)
- Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. (1Co 5:10)
- Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. (1Co 7:3)
- But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. (1Co 7:36)
- I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. (2Co 12:11)
- Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. (2Co 12:14)
- So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. (Eph 5:28)
- We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; (2Th 1:3)
- But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: (2Th 2:13)
- If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account; (Phm 1:18)
- Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. (Heb 2:17)
- And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. (Heb 5:3)
- For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. (Heb 5:12)
- He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. (1Jn 2:6)
- Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. (1Jn 3:16)
- Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. (1Jn 4:11)
- We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth. (3Jn 1:8)
- Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled (Pro 22:22-23)
Bring (Come to Me)
- Bring
- Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse … (Mal 3:10)
- Bring – literally, to come (2500+ occurrences)
- Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Mat 11:28)
- No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. (Joh 6:44)
- All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. (Joh 6:37)
- Mal 3:10 is a command to come to Christ
- Tithing – God’s Inheritance (the giving of His holy people as a remnant)
- Offerings – Heb: terumah (H8641, 76 occurrences) – heave offering, based on the Hebrew word rum (to lift up, exalt, H7311) – 11 occurrences in combination with the tithe:
- But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. (Num 18:24)
- Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe. (Num 18:26)
- Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD’S heave offering to Aaron the priest. (Num 18:28)
- And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: (Deu 12:6)
- Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD: (Deu 12:11)
- Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: (Deu 12:17)
- And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next. (2Ch 31:12)
- And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. (Neh 10:37)
- And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. (Neh 12:44)
- And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests. (Neh 13:5)
- Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. (Mal 3:8)
Treasure in the Storehouse
- Storehouse / house – literally, treasure (H214, otsar – 70 occurrences) and house (H1004, bayith – 2053 occurrences) – H1004 and H214 occur 28 times together:
- See list of treasure verses in Bible below
- And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. (Jos 6:24)
- So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD. (1Ki 7:51)
- And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. (1Ki 14:26)
- Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, (1Ki 15:18)
- And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from (2Ki 12:18)
- And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. (2Ki 14:14)
- And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. (2Ki 16:8)
- And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house. (2Ki 18:15)
- And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. (2Ki 20:13)
- And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. (2Ki 20:15)
- And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said. (2Ki 24:13)
- For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. (1Ch 9:26)
- And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things. (1Ch 26:20)
- The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD. (1Ch 26:22)
- And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things: (1Ch 28:12)
- And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. (1Ch 29:8)
- Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God. (2Ch 5:1)
- So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made. (2Ch 12:9)
- Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king’s house, and sent to Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, (2Ch 16:2)
- And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures of the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. (2Ch 25:24)
- And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. (2Ch 36:18)
- And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house. (Neh 10:38)
- Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries. (Neh 13:11-12)
- And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. (Isa 39:2)
- Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. (Isa 39:4)
- So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. (Jer 38:11)
- And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. (Dan 1:2)
- Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? (Mic 6:10)
- Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. (Mal 3:10)
- House – points to the location of God and His people – John 14:2, 2 John 10, 1 Cor 16:15-19, 2 Tim 2:20, Eph 2:19, Heb 3:6, 1 Pet 2:5, 1 Pet 4:17, Ro 16:5
Christians as Offerings
- Christians are living sacrifices – Ro 12:1-2, 1 Pet 2:5, Heb 13:15
- Altar in Rev 6:9 – Believers are spiritual sacrifices – Rev 8:3, 9:13, Rev 14:18, Lev 4:7, John 16:2, Phil 2:17, 2 Tim 4:6, Ro 12:1-2, Rom 15:16, 1 Pet 2:5, Phil 4:18, Eph 3:2, Heb 13:15-16 (believers are sacrifices)
- By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. (Heb 13:15)
- Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. (Php 2:17)
- … ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit. (Rom 15:16)
- … present your bodies a living sacrifice … (Rom 12:1)
- Under the altar
- Where blood poured out as an offering – Ex 29:12, Lev 4:7, Lev 4:18, Lev 4:25, Lev 4:30, Lev 4:34, Lev 5:9, Lev 9:9
- Gen 4:10 – Abel’s blood cried from the ground – see also Heb 11:4
- Christians are ‘poured out’ in service – Ps 42:4, Ps 62:8, Lam 2:17,
- Christians crucified with Christ – Gal 2:20, Gal 5:24, Gal 6:14, Col 2:11-14, Ro 6:4-6
Meat (Prey)
- Meat – H2964 (tereph, literally, that which is torn – prey) – 22 occurrences (from H2963)
- H2964 (often points to the prey of a lion)
- Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? (Gen 49:9)
- Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. (Num 23:24)
- The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad. (Job 4:11)
- Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their (Job 24:5)
- And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. (Job 29:17)
- Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, (Job 38:39)
- Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. (Psa 76:4)
- The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. (Psa 104:21)
- He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant. (Psa 111:5)
- Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. (Psa 124:6)
- She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. (Pro 31:15)
- Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver (Isa 5:29)
- For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. (Isa 31:4)
- And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. (Eze 19:3)
- And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. (Eze 19:6)
- There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. (Eze 22:25)
- Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. (Eze 22:27)
- Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? (Amo 3:4)
- The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. (Nah 2:12)
- Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard. (Nah 2:13)
- Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; (Nah 3:1)
- Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. (Mal 3:10)
- H2963:
- And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. (Gen 37:33)
- And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: (Gen 44:28)
- Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. (Gen 49:27)
- If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. (Exo 22:13)
- And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. (Deu 33:20)
- He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. (Job 16:9)
- He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? (Job 18:4)
- Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. (Psa 7:2)
- Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. (Psa 17:12)
- They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. (Psa 22:13)
- Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. (Psa 50:22)
- Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: (Pro 30:8)
- Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. (Jer 5:6)
- And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. (Eze 19:3)
- And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. (Eze 19:6)
- There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. (Eze 22:25)
- Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. (Eze 22:27)
- For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue (Hos 5:14)
- Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. (Hos 6:1)
- Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: (Amo 1:11)
- And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. (Mic 5:8)
- The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. (Nah 2:12)
- Prey closely tied to spoil:
- Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. (Gen 49:27)
- And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. (Num 31:11)
- And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho. (Num 31:12)
- Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. (Deu 2:35)
- But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. (Deu 3:7)
- And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it. (Jos 8:2)
- Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua. (Jos 8:27)
- And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe. (Jos 11:14)
- Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil? (Jdg 5:30)
- And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies; (2Ki 21:14)
- And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey. (Est 3:13)
- Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, (Est 8:11)
- I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. (Isa 10:6)
- Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey. (Isa 33:23)
- But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore. (Isa 42:22)
- Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey. (Jer 30:16)
- And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it. (Eze 7:21)
- And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water. (Eze 26:12)
- Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. (Eze 29:19)
- To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. (Eze 38:12)
- Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? (Eze 38:13)
- He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. (Dan 11:24)
- Spoiling of Satan’s kingdom (salvation)
- The spoiling of Satan’s kingdom – Mat 12:22-29, Mk 3:22-27, LK 11:14-23
- Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. (Isa 49:24-25)
- He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. (Isa 53:11-12)
Blessings, Cursings and the Widows of Heaven
- Windows of heaven – where rain (blessing) comes from
- In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. (Gen 7:11)
- The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; (Gen 8:2)
- Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. (2Ki 7:2)
- And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. (2Ki 7:19)
- Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. (Mal 3:10)
- Rain / dew – a type of Gospel – Is 55:10-11, Deut 32:1-2, 2Sa 23:4 , Job 29:22-23 , Psa 72:6 , Isa 55:10-11 , Hos 6:4, Hos 14:5 , 1Co 3:6-8 , Heb 6:7 , Mic 5:7 , Zec 10:1
- H4305/H4306 (Heb: matar) – literally, to rain
- H1652 (Heb: gasham, 1 occurrence, Jer 14:22) and H1653 (Heb: geshem, 35 occurrences) – to rain (strong shower)
- H7241 (Heb: rabiyb) – 6 occurrences – Deu 32:2, Psa 65:10, Psa 72:6, Jer 3:3, Jer 14:22, Micah 5:7
- Rain shut up from heaven due to sin / disobedience – 2 Chr 6:26-27, Deut 11:17, Deut 28:4, 2 Chr 7:13
- Rain from heaven is a blessing – Deut 28:12, Deut 11:11, 1 Ki 8:36, Ps 147:8, Is 55:10-11, Acts 14:17
- Dew of heaven – Gen 27:28 , Gen 27:39 , Deu 33:13 , Dan 4:15 , Dan 4:23 , Dan 4:25 , Dan 4:33 , Dan 5:21 , Hag 1:10.
- Gospel comes through men – Ro 10:13-21, 1:15, Is 52:7, Ro 3:3f
- Pour
- Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse … if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. (Mal 3:10)
- For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring (Isa 44:3)
- And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit. (Act 10:45)
- And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy (Act 2:17-18)
- Blessing poured out
- Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse … if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. (Mal 3:10)
- For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring (Isa 44:3)
- And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit. (Act 10:45)
- And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy (Act 2:17-18)
- Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. (Rom 4:7-8)
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- Blessing is the opposite of a curse (Deut 28:1-4 compared to Deut 28:15-68)
- Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels (Mat 25:41)
- Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree (Gal 3:13)
- The highest spiritual good (salvation)
- Curse – Gr: katanathema (G2652 – only occurrence), based on G2596 (kata meaning down) and G331 (anathema)
- G331 (anathema) – literally, to ban or excommunicate (6 occurrences):
- And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. (Act 23:14)
- For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: (Rom 9:3)
- Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. (1Co 12:3)
- If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha. (1Co 16:22)
- But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. (Gal 1:8-9)
- No more curse – Deut 27-28 (blessing vs. curse), Gal 3:10-13, Josh 6:26, Gen 3:14-17, 4:11, Zech 14:11, 8:13
- Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. (Psa 119:21)
- And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant, (Jer 11:3)
- Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. (Jer 17:5)
- Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. (Jer 48:10)
- Overflowing Abundance
- … and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. (Mal 3:10)
- For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance … (Mat 13:12)
- Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us (Eph 3:20)
- You prepare a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over. (Psa 23:5)
The True ‘Treasure’ – New Testament
G2343 (Gr: thesaurizo) – 8 occurrences
- Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: (Mat 6:19-20)
- So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. (Luk 12:21)
- But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; (Rom 2:5)
- Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. (1Co 16:2)
- Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. (2Co 12:14)
- Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. (Jas 5:3)
- But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. (2Pe 3:7)
G2344 (Gr: thesaurus) – 18 occurrences
- And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. (Mat 2:11)
- Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (Mat 6:19-21)
- A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. (Mat 12:35)
- Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. (Mat 13:44)
- Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old. (Mat 13:52)
- Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. (Mat 19:21)
- Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. (Mar 10:21)
- A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. (Luk 6:45)
- Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (Luk 12:33-34)
- Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. (Luk 18:22)
- But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. (2Co 4:7)
- In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Col 2:3)
- Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. (Heb 11:26)
The True ‘Treasure’ – Old Testament
- And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them. (Gen 43:23)
- Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. (Exo 1:11)
- Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: (Exo 19:5)
- The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. (Deu 28:12)
- Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? (Deu 32:34)
- They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. (Deu 33:19)
- So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD. (1Ki 7:51)
- And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. (1Ki 14:26)
- Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, (1Ki 15:18)
- And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem. (2Ki 12:18)
- And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. (2Ki 14:14)
- And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. (2Ki 16:8)
- And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house. (2Ki 18:15)
- And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. (2Ki 20:13)
- And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. (2Ki 20:15)
- And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said. (2Ki 24:13)
- And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things. (1Ch 26:20)
- The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD. (1Ch 26:22)
- And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures. (1Ch 26:24)
- Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated. (1Ch 26:26)
- And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: (1Ch 27:25)
- And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. (1Ch 29:8)
- Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God. (2Ch 5:1)
- And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures. (2Ch 8:15)
- So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made. (2Ch 12:9)
- Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king’s house, and sent to Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, (2Ch 16:2)
- And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures of the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. (2Ch 25:24)
- And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. (2Ch 36:18)
- Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. (Ezr 1:8)
- They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments. (Ezr 2:69)
- Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter. (Ezr 5:17)
- Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. (Ezr 6:1)
- And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king’s treasure house. (Ezr 7:20)
- And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily, (Ezr 7:21)
- And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments. (Neh 7:70)
- And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver. (Neh 7:71)
- And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house. (Neh 10:38)
- And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. (Neh 12:44)
- And I made treasurers over the treasuries, 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 counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren. (Neh 13:13)
- Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; (Job 3:21)
- Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, (Job 38:22)
- From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. (Psa 17:14)
- For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. (Psa 135:4)
- If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; (Pro 2:4)
- That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures. (Pro 8:21)
- Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. (Pro 10:2)
- In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble. (Pro 15:6)
- Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. (Pro 15:16)
- The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. (Pro 21:6)
- There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up. (Pro 21:20)
- I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts. (Ecc 2:8)
- Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots: (Isa 2:7)
- For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: (Isa 10:13)
- Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say, (Isa 22:15)
- And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. (Isa 23:18)
- The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. (Isa 30:6)
- And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. (Isa 33:6)
- And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. (Isa 39:2)
- Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. (Isa 39:4)
- And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. (Isa 45:3)
- When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. (Jer 10:13)
- Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders. (Jer 15:13)
- my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders. (Jer 17:3)
- Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon. (Jer 20:5)
- But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren. (Jer 41:8)
- For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together. (Jer 48:7)
- Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me? (Jer 49:4)
- A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed. (Jer 50:37)
- thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. (Jer 51:13)
- When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. (Jer 51:16)
- There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. (Eze 22:25)
- With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: (Eze 28:4)
- And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. (Dan 1:2)
- Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. (Dan 3:2)
- Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. (Dan 3:3)
- But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. (Dan 11:43)
- Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels. (Hos 13:15)
- Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? (Mic 6:10)
A Peculiar People
- Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: (Exo 19:5)
- For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. (Deu 14:2)
- And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; (Deu 26:18)
- For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. (Psa 135:4)
- I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts. (Ecc 2:8)
- Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. (Tit 2:14)
- But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: (1Pe 2:9)
Devourer of the fruits of the land
- Devourer – Heb: akal (H398, 809 occurrences) – literally, to eat
- Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour (1Pe 5:8)
- Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. (2Ti 4:17)
- … The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth … and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. (Dan 7:23)
- Little horn a type of the Antichrist
- Fruits of the land:
- … These were redeemed from among men, being the first fruits unto God and to the Lamb. (Rev 14:4)
- … but ourselves also, which have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. (Rom 8:23)
- … thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. (Rev 14:15-16)
Vine casts fruit before its time
- … neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, says the LORD of hosts. (Mal 3:11)
- That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou may gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. (Deu 11:14)
- Latter rain – symbol of salvation at the 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ
- Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be you also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draws nigh. (Jas 5:7-8)
Delightsome Land
- Delightsome – H2656, Hebrew: chephets – literally, pleasure (see also H2654, H2655, H2657)
- Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. (Isa 62:4)
- But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. (Jer 9:24)
- But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. (Psa 16:3)
- Land – points to promised land of eternity
- Earth – lit: land – points to the promised land
- G1093, Gr: ge, 252 occurrences – refers to the land which is where people reside – literally, ground, land, earth
- H776 (corresponds to G1093) – Hen: erets – 2505 occurrences
- Land – type of promised land / salvation – Ro 4:13, Gen 12:7, Gen 13:14-15, Gen 17:8, Jer 27:5, Mat 28:18, Mat 3:17, Heb 11:13-16
- Land symbolically points to ‘promised land’ – Ro 4:13, Eze 34:13, Eze 36:24, Eze 37:21, Is 43:5‑6, Heb 11:9, Heb 11:13‑16, Gen 12:1-7, Gen 13:14-15, Gen 17:8, Jer 27:5, Num 14:8, Mat 28:18, Mat 3:17, Ps 37:29, Heb 3:6-Heb 4:10, etc
- Inherit the Promised Land
- All the below verses (and more) are contained in the ‘Desolate Land will enjoy its Sabbaths’
- And the LORD said unto Abram … Lift up now thine eyes … For all the land which you see, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. (Gen 13:14-15)
- By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. (Heb 11:8-10)
- These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. (Heb 11:13)
- In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. (Gen 15:18-21)
- For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. (Rom 4:13)
- And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. (Gen 12:7)
- And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. (Gen 15:7)
- And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. (Gen 17:8)
- Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. (Jos 1:2)
- Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. (Mat 5:5)
- And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. (Rev 5:10)
- His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. (Psa 25:13)
- Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance. Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour’s wife: and shall ye possess the land? (Eze 33:24-26)
- And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child. (Act 7:5)
- For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. (Rom 4:13)
- Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. (Isa 60:21)
- Psalm 37:
- For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. (Psa 37:9)
- But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. (Psa 37:11)
- The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. (Psa 37:18)
- For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. (Psa 37:22)
- The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. (Psa 37:29)
- Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. (Psa 37:34)
- He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. (Rev 21:7)
Tithing as Hypocritical / Kings take Tithes
- Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. (Mat 23:23)
- But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. (Luk 11:42)
- I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. (Luk 18:12)
- And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. (1Sa 8:15)
- He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. (1Sa 8:17)
The Ceremonial Law of Tithing
5 Key Passages
- And 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 unto the LORD. And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD. He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. (Lev 27:30-33)
- And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance. But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe. And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress. Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD’S heave offering to Aaron the priest. Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress. And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation. And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. (Num 18:21-32)
- And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee …. Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto. Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth. (Deu 12:6-7, 17-19)
- Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always. And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household, And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee. At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest. (Deu 14:22-29)
- When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled; Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them: I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me. Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey. (Deu 26:12-15)
What was Tithed
- Seed – Lev 27:30, Deut 14:22
- Corn (grain) – Num 18:27, Deut 12:17
- Fruit – Lev 27:30, Neh 10:37
- Oil – Deut 12:17 Deut 14:23
- Wine – Deut 12:17 Deut 14:23
- Herd (work / sacrifice) – Lev 27:32, Deut 14:23
- Flock (sheep) – Lev 27:32, Deut 14:23
Herd, Flock (whatever passes under the rod)
- And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD. (Lev 27:32)
- Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: (Deu 12:17)
- And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always. (Deu 14:23)
- He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. (1Sa 8:17)
- Herd (H1241 – Heb: baqar, 183 occurrences) – oxen (
- Animal used for work – Num 7:3-8, etc.
- Also, as an offering – Lev 1:1-5, Lev 3:1, etc.
- Greek (G1016 – bous – 8 occurrences – Christians as oxen)
- The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? (Luk 13:15)
- And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day? (Luk 14:5)
- And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. (Luk 14:19)
- And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: (Joh 2:14)
- And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; (Joh 2:15)
- For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? (1Co 9:9)
- For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward. (1Ti 5:18)
- Flock (H6299, Heb: tson – 274 occurrences) – Christians as sheep
- All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. (Isa 53:6)
- Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. (Psa 44:22)
- Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. (Psa 77:20)
- But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. (Psa 78:52)
- So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations. (Psa 79:13)
- Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. (Psa 100:3)
- Sheep – G4263, Gr: probaton – 41 occurrences
- Acts 8:32 – Christ as a sheep led to the slaughter (see also G286)
- John 2:14-15 – sheep sold in the temple
- Rev 18:13 – part of merchandise of Babylon
- 37 occurrences – refer to Christians – Mat 9:36, Mat 10:6, Mat 10:16, Mat 12:11-12 (2), Mat 15:24, Mat 18:12, Mat 25:32-33 (2), Mat 26:31, Mar 6:34, Mar 14:27, Luk 15:4, Luk 15:6, Joh 10:1-4 (6), Joh 10:7-8 (2), Joh 10:11-13 (5), Joh 10:15-16 (2), Joh 10:26-27 (2), Joh 21:16-17 (2), Rom 8:36, Heb 13:20, 1Pe 2:25, Rev 18:13, Mat 7:15
- Pass under rod (Lev 27:32) – that which is under the discipline of the Shepherd
- And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: (Eze 20:37)
- H7626 (Heb: shebets) – rod (Ps 2:9)
- Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. (Psa 23:4)
- In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. (Pro 10:13)
- He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. (Pro 13:24)
- He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. (Pro 22:8)
- Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. (Pro 22:15)
- Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. (Pro 23:13)
- Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. (Pro 23:14)
- A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back. (Pro 26:3)
- The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. (Pro 29:15)
- Other Old Testament occurrences of ‘rod’ – Exo 21:20, Lev 27:32, 2Sa 7:14, Job 9:34, Job 21:9, Psa 2:9, Psa 23:4, Psa 74:2, Psa 89:32, Psa 125:3, Pro 10:13, Pro 13:24, Pro 22:8, Pro 22:15, Pro 23:13, Pro 23:14, Pro 26:3, Pro 29:15, Isa 9:4, Isa 10:5, Isa 10:15, Isa 10:24, Isa 11:4, Isa 14:29, Isa 28:27, Isa 30:31, Jer 10:16, Jer 51:19, Lam 3:1, Eze 19:11, Eze 19:14, Eze 20:37, Eze 21:10, Eze 21:13, Mic 5:1, Mic 7:14.
- Herd (H1241 – Heb: baqar, 183 occurrences) – oxen (
All of thy increase
- At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: (Deu 14:28)
- Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: (Pro 3:9)
- Increase (Heb: tebuah (H8393) – increase – produce from the field or from herds / flocks)
Of the land (seed of the land, fruit of the tree, wine, oil corn, etc.)
- And 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 unto the LORD. (Lev 27:30)
- And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress. (Num 18:27)
- Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: (Deu 12:17)
- Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. (Deu 14:22)
- And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always. (Deu 14:23)
- And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. (2Ch 31:5)
- And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. (Neh 10:37)
- For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God. (Neh 10:39)
- Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries. (Neh 13:11-12)
- Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. (Mat 23:23)
- But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. (Luk 11:42)
- And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. (1Sa 8:15)
- Seed – Points to Jesus Christ (as the Word of God) and His people
- Cornfield – Gr: sporimos (G4702) – 3 occurrences (Mat 12:1, Mk 2:23, Lk 6:1)
- Gr: sporos (G4703) – 5 occurrences
- The seed is the Word of God – Lk 8:5, Lk 8:11, 2 Cor 9:10, Mk 4:26 (parable of the seed – kingdom of God)
- Gr: spora (G4701) – 1 occurrence – incorruptible seed (Word of God) – 1 Pet 1:23
- Gr: speiro (G4687) – 53 occurrences – literally, sown
- Mat 6:26, Mat 13:3, Mat 13:4, Mat 13:18, Mat 13:19, Mat 13:20, Mat 13:22, Mat 13:23, Mat 13:24, Mat 13:25, Mat 13:27, Mat 13:31, Mat 13:37, Mat 13:39, Mat 25:24, Mat 25:26, Mar 4:3, Mar 4:4, Mar 4:14, Mar 4:15, Mar 4:16, Mar 4:18, Mar 4:20, Mar 4:31, Mar 4:32, Luk 8:5, Luk 12:24, Luk 19:21, Luk 19:22, Joh 4:36, Joh 4:37, 1Co 9:11, 1Co 15:36, 1Co 15:37, 1Co 15:42, 1Co 15:43, 1Co 15:44, 2Co 9:6, 2Co 9:10, Gal 6:7, Gal 6:8, Jas 3:18.
- Jesus Christ as the Seed – Gal 3:16, Gal 3:19, Gal 3:26, 2 Tim 2:8, Heb 2:16, Acts 13:23
- Gr: sporos (G4703) – 5 occurrences
- Seed of men (man):
- And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. (Dan 2:43)
- Men (H606 – enash, related to H582 – literally a mortal man, not H120 (adam) which is more dignified as a human being or H376 (iysh), a male)
- Cleave (H1692, Chaldee – to stick together, only occurrence, but related to Hebrew (H1602 – dabak), 54 occurrences – join together as a husband and wife (Gen 2:24) or cleave to the Lord (Deut 10:20, Deut 11:22, Deut 13:4)
- For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. (Psa 37:28)
- Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. (Psa 21:8-10)
- And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. (Lev 20:3)
- Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD. (Jer 31:27-28)
- And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. (Dan 2:43)
- Fruit
- Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. (Psa 1:1-3)
- The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; (Psa 92:12-14)
- Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. (Jer 17:7-8)
- And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. (Eze 47:12)
- For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth: (Col 1:5-6)
- Sower and the seed – Mat 13:23, Mk 4:20, Lk 8:15
- Fig Tree with leaves only, no fruit – Mat 21:19, Mk 11:12-14, Lk 13:16-17
- Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. (Php 1:11)
- Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. (Heb 12:11)
- For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth (Eph 5:9)
- But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. (Gal 5:22-23)
- But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. (Rom 6:22)
- I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. (Joh 15:1-2)
- Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. (Joh 15:4-5)
- Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. (Joh 15:8)
- Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. (Joh 15:16)
- Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. (Joh 12:24)
- And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. (Joh 4:36)
- For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. (Luk 6:43-44)
- Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. (Mat 12:33)
- And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. (Mat 3:10)
- Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. (Mat 7:17-19)
- To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. (Isa 61:3)
- Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing (Psa 92:13-14)
- Wine – (Gr: G3631, oinos, 33 occurrences) – type of the sacrifice by blood of Christ (wrath of God on Christ for His people’s sins)
- Lk 10:33-34 – injured man – Good Samaritan pours in oil and wine to provide healing
- Babylon’s merchandise – Rev 18:13
- Babylon’s wine of the wrath of her fornication – Rev 18:2-3, Rev 14:8
- God’s wrath – cup of wine – Rev 14:10, Rev 16:19, Rev 19:15, Joel 3:17, Is 63:3, Lam 1:15, Ps 75:8, Is 49:26, Is 51:17, Is 51:21-22, etc.
- Jesus on cross offered wine mixed with myrrh – Mk 15:22-23
- New wine into new bottles – Mat 9:17, Lk 5:37-38
- Jesus miracle of turning water into wine – John 2:3, John 2:9-10, John 4:46
- Cup – Blood of Christ in communion supper – 1 Cor 11:17-34, Mat 26:26-28, Mk 14:22-24, Lk 22:17-20) – red represents wine (blood) – Gen 49:12, Ps 75:8, Pr 23:31, Is 27:2
- Acts 2:13 – full of new wine (G1098) – people thought they were drunk / intoxicated (Acts 2:15)
- Oil and wine in combination – the response to what God sows – Hos 2:20-23:
- And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel. And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God. (Hos 2:22-23, quoted in Rom 9:25-26, 1 Pet 2:9-10)
- Lk 10:33-34 – injured man – Good Samaritan pours in oil and wine to provide healing
- Oil – Christians are anointed
- Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; (2Co 1:21)
- But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. (1Jn 2:27)
- But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. (1Jn 2:20)
- G5526 – Gr: Christianos – Christian – 3 occurrences (Acts Acts 26:28, Acts 11:26, 1 Pet 4:16)
- Corn (H1715 – Heb: dagan – literally, any grain (40 occurrences))
- Gen 27:28; Gen 27:37; Num 18:12; Num 18:27; Deu 7:13; Deu 11:14; Deu 12:17; Deu 14:23; Deu 18:4; Deu 28:51; Deu 33:28; 2Ki 18:32; 2Ch 31:5; 2Ch 32:28; Neh 5:2; Neh 5:3; Neh 5:10; Neh 5:11; Neh 10:39; Neh 13:5; Neh 13:12; Psa 4:7; Psa 65:9; Psa 78:24; Isa 36:17; Isa 62:8; Jer 31:12; Lam 2:12; Eze 36:29; Hos 2:8; Hos 2:9; Hos 2:22; Hos 7:14; Hos 9:1; Hos 14:7; Joe 1:10; Joe 1:17; Joe 2:19; Hag 1:11; Zec 9:17
- Cornfield – Gr: sporimos (G4702) – 3 occurrences (Mat 12:1, Mk 2:23, Lk 6:1)
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- Christians as a harvest / Christians as produce from the field Harvest (G2326 – therismos) – 13 occurrences
- Harvest is plenteous, but laborers are few – Mat 9:37-38, Lk 10:2
- Parable of the Wheat and Tares – Mat 13:30, Mat 13:39
- Parable of the harvest of the ripe fruit – Mk 4:29
- Fields are white already to harvest – John 4:35
- Harvest at the end day – Rev 14:15
- Christians as a harvest / Christians as produce from the field Harvest (G2326 – therismos) – 13 occurrences
Tithes Given to Levites as an Inheritance / service of the tabernacle
- And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. (Num 18:21)
- But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. (Num 18:24)
- Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe. (Num 18:26)
- When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled; (Deu 26:12)
- Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. (1Co 9:13-14)
- And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. (Neh 12:44)
- And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee. At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest. (Deu 14:27-29)
God’s inheritance is His people:
- Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance. (Isa 19:25)
- Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. (Psa 2:8)
- For the LORD’S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. (Deu 32:9)
- Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. (1Pe 5:3)
- Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. (Psa 33:12)
- Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. (Psa 28:9)
- And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. (Gen 48:6)
- Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established. (Exo 15:17)
- And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. (Exo 34:9)
- And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. (Num 18:20)
- I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. (Deu 9:26)
- Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm. (Deu 9:29)
- And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest. (Deu 14:29)
- Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it. (Deu 19:14)
- Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it. (Deu 25:19)
- And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God. (Jos 14:9)
- For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron: (1Ki 8:51)
- For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD. (1Ki 8:53)
- So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents. (1Ki 12:16)
- And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents. (2Ch 10:16)
- Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. (Psa 33:12)
- Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. (Psa 68:9)
- Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. (Psa 74:2)
- A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. (Psa 79:1)
- For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. (Psa 94:14)
- That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance. (Psa 106:5)
- I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. (Isa 47:6)
- O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. (Isa 63:17)
- And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. (Eze 22:16)
- The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name. (Jer 10:16)
- Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. (Mic 7:14)
- Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. (Mic 7:18)
- For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. (Rom 11:36)
- A peculiar people:
- Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: (Exo 19:5)
- For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. (Deu 14:2)
- And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; (Deu 26:18)
- For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. (Psa 135:4)
- I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts. (Ecc 2:8)
- Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. (Tit 2:14)
- But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: (1Pe 2:9)
Tithes Given to Stranger, Fatherless and Widows
- When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled; (Deu 26:12)
The Poor Tithe (Salvation) for a Sin Offering
- But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering. (Lev 5:11)
Brought to God’s House, Within the Gates
- So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. (Gen 28:21-22)
- But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: (Deu 12:5-6)
- Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD: (Deu 12:11)
- Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: (Deu 12:17)
- And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always. (Deu 14:23)
- At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: (Deu 14:28)
- When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled; (Deu 26:12)
Tithes are a Heave Offering unto the Lord – (terumah)
- Offerings – Heb: terumah (H8641, 76 occurrences) – heave offering, based on the Hebrew word rum (to lift up, exalt, H7311) – 11 occurrences in combination with the tithe:
- But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. (Num 18:24)
- Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe. (Num 18:26)
- Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD’S heave offering to Aaron the priest. (Num 18:28)
- And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: (Deu 12:6)
- Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD: (Deu 12:11)
- Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: (Deu 12:17)
- And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next. (2Ch 31:12)
- And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. (Neh 10:37)
- And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. (Neh 12:44)
- And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests. (Neh 13:5)
- Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. (Mal 3:8)
Levites offer a Tithe of the Tithe (see Heave Offering above)
- I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe. (Num 18:26)
- And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house. (Neh 10:38)
Double Tithes
- Double 6237 (asar):
- And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. (Gen 28:22)
- See entire context of Gen 35:1-15
- And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth. And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. (Gen 35:7-10)
- Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. (Deu 14:22)
- And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. (Gen 28:22)
Tithes to Priests (Aaron, High Priest) – Tithe of Tithe
- Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD’S heave offering to Aaron the priest. (Num 18:28)
- And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. (Neh 10:37)
- And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house. (Neh 10:38)
- And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. (Neh 12:44)
- And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests. (Neh 13:5)
- And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham: (Heb 7:5)
Tithes to Levites in all the Cities
- And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. (Neh 10:37)
- And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. (Neh 12:44)
- And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps. (2Ch 31:6)
Offering of the Priests
- This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night. (Lev 6:20)
The Tithe for an Unfaithful Wife
- Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance. (Num 5:15)
Daily Tithe (see above on Ephah)
- And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil. (Num 28:5)
When did the Tithe Occur
- Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. (Deu 14:22)
- At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: (Deu 14:28)
- When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled (Deu 26:12)
- Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years: (Amo 4:4)
Tithes are holy
- And 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 unto the LORD. (Lev 27:30)
- And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD. (Lev 27:32)
- And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps. (2Ch 31:6)
- But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. (Isa 6:13)
- God’s people are Holy:
- But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people … (1Pe 2:9)
- Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience … (1Pe 1:2)
- Sanctification – literally, to be made holy
Redeeming Tithes
- And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part (Lev 27:31)
Hezekiah / Ezra Reestablish the Tithe
- And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. (2Ch 31:5)
- And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps. (2Ch 31:5-6)
- And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next. (2Ch 31:12)
- And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house. (Neh 10:37-38)
- And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. (Neh 12:44)
- And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests. (Neh 13:5)
- Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries. (Neh 13:12)
Law Fulfilled by Christ
Law fulfilled in Christ:
- And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. (Col 2:13-17)
- For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. (Rom 10:4)
- Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. (Gal 4:1-7)
- For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: (Eph 2:14-16)
- Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. (Heb 7:16-19)
- In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. (Heb 8:13)
- Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. (Heb 9:9-10)
- It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. (Heb 9:23)
- For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. (Heb 10:1-10)
- And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. (Dan 9:27)
- The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. (Luk 16:16)
- But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets (Rom 3:21)
- See also Mat 5:17-45, Acts 15:1-29, Acts 21:20-25, Rom 7:1-5, Rom 8:3, 2 Cor 3:7-14, Gal 2:3-9, Gal 4:30, , Col 2:14-23, Heb 8:4-13, Heb 9:8-24, Heb 10:1-18
Law as a Shadow:
- For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. (Heb 10:1-2)
- Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. (Heb 8:5)
- Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. (Col 2:17)
Hebrew Words for Tenth / Tithe
H4643 (Heb: maser – literally, a tenth, 32 occurrences):
- And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. (Gen 14:20)
- And 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 unto the LORD. (Lev 27:30)
- And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part (Lev 27:31)
- And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD. (Lev 27:32)
- And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. Num 18:21)
- But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. (Num 18:24)
- Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe. (Num 18:26)
- Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD’S heave offering to Aaron the priest. (Num 18:28)
- And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: (Deu 12:6)
- Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD: (Deu 12:11)
- Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: (Deu 12:17)
- And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always. (Deu 14:23)
- At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: (Deu 14:28)
- When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled; (Deu 26:12)
- And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. (2Ch 31:5)
- And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps. (2Ch 31:6)
- And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next. (2Ch 31:12)
- And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. (Neh 10:37)
- And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house. (Neh 10:38)
- And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. (Neh 12:44)
- And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests. (Neh 13:5)
- Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries. (Neh 13:12)
- The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. (Eze 45:11)
- Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer: (Eze 45:14)
- Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years: (Amo 4:4)
- Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. (Mal 3:8)
- Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. (Mal 3:10)
H6218 (Heb: asor – 16 occurrences, mostly indicating a calendar day or month):
- And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go. (Gen 24:55)
- Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: (Exo 12:3)
- And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: (Lev 16:29)
- Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. (Lev 23:27)
- Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. (Lev 25:9)
- And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein: (Num 29:7)
- And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. (Jos 4:19)
- And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. (2Ki 25:1)
- Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. (Psa 33:2)
- Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound. (Psa 92:3)
- I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee. (Psa 144:9)
- And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about. (Jer 52:4)
- Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem, (Jer 52:12)
- And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquireof the LORD, and sat before me. (Eze 20:1)
- Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (Eze 24:1)
- In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither. (Eze 40:1)
H6224 (Heb: asiyriy – 29 occurrences) – the tenth:
- And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. (Gen 8:5)
- Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. (Exo 16:36)
- But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering. (Lev 5:11)
- This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night. (Lev 6:20)
- And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD. (Lev 27:32)
- Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance. (Num 5:15)
- On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered: (Num 7:66)
- And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil. (Num 28:5)
- A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD. (Deu 23:2)
- An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD forever (Deu 23:3)
- And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. (2Ki 25:1)
- Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. (1Ch 12:13)
- The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah … (1Ch 24:11)
- The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: (1Ch 25:17)
- The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. (1Ch 27:13)
- And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. (Ezr 10:16)
- So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. (Est 2:16)
- But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. (Isa 6:13)
- The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. (Jer 32:1)
- In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. (Jer 39:1)
- And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about. (Jer 52:4)
- Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (Eze 24:1)
- In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (Eze 29:1)
- And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. (Eze 33:21)
- The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. (Eze 45:11)
- Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace. (Zec 8:19)
H6237 (Heb: asar – 9 occurrences):
- When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled (Deu 26:12)
- And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. (1Sa 8:15)
- He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. (1Sa 8:17)
- And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. (Neh 10:37)
- And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house. (Neh 10:38)
- take tithes = H6237
- the tithe of the tithe = H4643
- Double 6237 (asar):
- And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. (Gen 28:22)
- Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. (Deu 14:22)
H6241 (Heb: issaron – 33 occurrences):
- And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. (Exo 29:40)
- And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. (Lev 14:10)
- And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil; (Lev 14:21)
- And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin. (Lev 23:13)
- Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD. (Lev 23:17)
- And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake. (Lev 24:5)
- Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil. (Num 15:4)
- Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil. (Num 15:6)
- Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil. (Num 15:9)
- And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof: (Num 28:9)
- And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram; (Num 28:12)
- And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. (Num 28:13)
- And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram; (Num 28:20)
- A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs: (Num 28:21)
- And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram, (Num 28:28)
- A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs; (Num 28:29)
- And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram, (Num 29:3)
- And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: (Num 29:4)
- And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram, (Num 29:9)
- A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: (Num 29:10)
- And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams, (Num 29:14)
- And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs: (Num 29:15)
New Testament – Greek Words for tenth
Apodekatoo (G586) – Literally ‘off tenth’ or give a tenth (4 occurrences)
- Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. (Mat 23:23)
- But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. (Luk 11:42)
- I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. (Luk 18:12)
- And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham (Heb 7:5)
Dekate (G1181 – 4 occurrences):
- To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; (Heb 7:2)
- Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. (Heb 7:4)
- And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. (Heb 7:8)
- And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. (Heb 7:9)
Dekatos (G1182 – 3 occurrences):
- He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth (Joh 1:39)
- And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. (Rev 11:13)
- The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. (Rev 21:20)
Dekatoo (G1183 – 2 occurrences):
- But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises. (Heb 7:6)
- And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. (Heb 7:9)