Deuteronomy 26:12

Contemporary English Version 1995

Every year you are to give ten percent of your harvest to the Lord. But every third year, this ten percent must be given to the poor who live in your town, including Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows. That way, they will have enough to eat.

Cross References

Numbers 18:24

they will be given the crops and newborn animals that the Israelites offer to me.

Leviticus 27:30

Ten percent of everything you harvest is holy and belongs to me, whether it grows in your fields or on your fruit trees.

Proverbs 14:21

It's wrong to hate others, but God blesses everyone who is kind to the poor.

Hebrews 7:5

The Law teaches that even Abraham's descendants must give a tenth of what they possess. And they are to give this to their own relatives, who are the descendants of Levi and are priests.

Hebrews 7:9

Levi's descendants are now the ones who receive a tenth from people. We could even say that when Abraham gave Melchizedek a tenth, Levi also gave him a tenth.

Genesis 47:24

but one fifth of your crops must go to the king. You can keep the rest as seed or as food for your families.”

Genesis 47:26

Then Joseph made a law that one fifth of the harvest would always belong to the king. Only the priests did not lose their land.