Genesis 47:26

Tree of Life Version

So Joseph set it as a statute until this very day concerning the land of Egypt: a fifth-part goes to Pharaoh. Only the priests’ land did not become Pharaoh’s.

Cross References

Genesis 14:20

and blessed be El Elyon, Who gave over your enemies Into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

Genesis 28:22

So this stone which I set up as a memorial stone will become God’s House, and of everything You provide me I will definitely give a tenth of it to You.”

Genesis 41:34

Let Pharaoh act by appointing administrators over the land and take a fifth portion from the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.

Genesis 47:22

Only he did not buy the land belonging to the priests, because the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh, and they ate their allotment that Pharaoh gave them. Therefore they did not sell their land.

Genesis 47:25

“You’ve saved our lives,” they said. “We find favor in the eyes of my lord, and we’ll be Pharaoh’s slaves.”

Ezra 7:24

We also notify you that you have no authority to impose tribute, tax or duty on any of the kohanim, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, sanctuary servants, or attendants at this House of God.

Ezekiel 7:24

I will bring the wicked of the nations. They will possess their houses. So I will end the pride of the strong, when their holy places are profaned.

Leviticus 27:30

“All the tithe of the land whether from the seed of the land, or the fruit of the trees, belongs to Adonai, for it is holy to Adonai.

Numbers 18:21

See, I have given all the tithes in Israel to the sons of Levi as an inheritance in return for all the work of the service they are doing in the Tent of Meeting.

Deuteronomy 14:22

“You will surely set aside a tenth of all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year.

Deuteronomy 26:12

“When you finish tithing the full tenth of your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, to the outsider, to the orphan and to the widow, so that they may eat within your town gates and be satisfied.