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Malachi 3:10

New Century Version

Bring to the storehouse a full tenth of what you earn so there will be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord All-Powerful. “I will open the windows of heaven for you and pour out all the blessings you need.

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This stone which I have set up on its end will be the house of God. And I will give God one-tenth of all he gives me.”

When Noah was six hundred years old, the flood started. On the seventeenth day of the second month of that year the underground springs split open, and the clouds in the sky poured out rain.

But the officer had answered, “Even if the Lord opened windows in the sky, that couldn’t happen.” And Elisha had told him, “You will see it with your eyes, but you won’t eat any of it.”

Then the officer who was close to the king answered Elisha, “Even if the Lord opened windows in the sky, that couldn’t happen.” Elisha said, “You will see it with your eyes, but you will not eat any of it.”

Other Levites were responsible for guarding the treasuries of the Temple of God and for the places where the holy items were kept.

At that time the leaders appointed men to be in charge of the storerooms. These rooms were for the gifts, the first fruits, and the ten percent that the people brought. The Teachings said they should bring a share for the priests and Levites from the fields around the towns. The people of Judah were happy to do this for the priests and Levites who served.

So it was in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah. All the people of Israel gave something to the singers and gatekeepers, and they also set aside part for the Levites. Then the Levites set aside part for the descendants of Aaron.

Eliashib let Tobiah use one of the large storerooms. Earlier it had been used for grain offerings, incense, the utensils, and the tenth offerings of grain, new wine, and olive oil that belonged to the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers. It had also been used for gifts for the priests.

Trust the Lord and do good. Live in the land and feed on truth.

But he gave a command to the clouds above and opened the doors of heaven.

If clouds are full of rain, they will shower on the earth. A tree can fall to the north or south, but it will stay where it falls.

I will bless them and let them live around my hill. I will cause the rains to come when it is time; there will be showers to bless them.

The best fruits of all the first harvests and all the special gifts offered to me will belong to the priests. You will also give to the priests the first part of your grain that you grind and so bring a blessing on your family.

“At that time I will speak to you,” says the Lord. “I will speak to the skies, and they will give rain to the earth.

He said to them: “I will send you grain, new wine, and olive oil, so that you will have plenty. No more will I shame you among the nations.

And the threshing floors will be full of grain; the barrels will overflow with new wine and olive oil.

You will have enough crops to last for more than a year. When you harvest the new crops, you will have to throw out the old ones to make room for them.

“ ‘If you remember my laws and commands and obey them,

“ ‘One-tenth of all crops belongs to the Lord, including the crops from fields and the fruit from trees. That one-tenth is holy to the Lord.

Do you have seeds for crops still in the barn? Your vines, fig trees, pomegranates, and olive trees have not given fruit yet. But from now on I will bless you!’ ”

“When the people of Israel give me a tenth of what they make, I will give that tenth to the Levites. This is their payment for the work they do serving at the Meeting Tent.

Seek first God’s kingdom and what God wants. Then all your other needs will be met as well.

and bring to that place your burnt offerings and sacrifices; bring a tenth of what you gain and your special gifts; bring what you have promised and the special gifts you want to give the Lord, and bring the first animals born to your herds and flocks.

Be sure to save one-tenth of all your crops each year.

This is for the Levites so they may eat and be full. (They have no land of their own among you.) It is also for strangers, orphans, and widows who live in your towns so that all of them may eat and be full. Then the Lord your God will bless you and all the work you do.

The Lord will open up his heavenly storehouse so that the skies send rain on your land at the right time, and he will bless everything you do. You will lend to other nations, but you will not need to borrow from them.




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