Deuteronomy 16:17

Conservative English Version

The bigger the harvest the LORD gives you, the bigger your gift should be.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:14

But why should we be happy that we have given you these gifts? They belong to you, and we have only given back what is already yours.

Ezra 2:63

In fact, the governor told them, "You cannot eat the food offered to God until we find out if you really are priests."

Ezekiel 46:7

With the bull and the ram, he is to offer twenty pounds of grain, and with each of the lambs, he can offer as much as he wants. He must also offer four quarts of olive oil with every twenty pounds of grain.

Leviticus 27:8

If you have promised to give someone to me and can't afford to pay the full amount for that person's release, you will be taken to a priest, and he will decide how much you can afford.

2 Corinthians 8:12

It doesn't matter how much you have. What matters is how much you are willing to give from what you have.

Deuteronomy 16:10

go to the place where the LORD chooses to be worshiped and celebrate the Harvest Festival in honor of the LORD your God. Bring him an offering as large as you can afford, depending on how big a harvest he has given you. Be sure to take along your sons and daughters and all your servants. Also invite the poor, including Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows.

Deuteronomy 16:16

Each year there are three festivals when all Israelite men must go to the place where the LORD chooses to be worshiped. These are the Festival of Thin Bread, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Shelters. And don't forget to take along a gift for the LORD.

Deuteronomy 16:18

After you are settled in the towns that you will receive from the LORD your God, the people in each town must appoint judges and other officers. Those of you that become judges must be completely fair when you make legal decisions, even if someone important is involved. Don't take bribes to give unfair decisions. Bribes keep people who are wise from seeing the truth and turn honest people into liars.