Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, ‘Give me the people, but take the possessions for yourself.’
Genesis 14:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised and blessed be God Most High who has handed over your enemies to you. And Abram gave him a tenth of everything. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And blessed, praised, and glorified be God Most High, Who has given your foes into your hand! And [Abram] gave him a tenth of all [he had taken]. [Heb. 7:1-10.] American Standard Version (1901) and blessed be God Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tenth of all. Common English Bible bless El Elyon, who gave you the victory over your enemies.” Abram gave Melchizedek one-tenth of everything. Catholic Public Domain Version And blessed be the Most High God, through whose protection the enemies are in your hands." And he gave him tithes from everything. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And blessed be the most high God, by whose protection the enemies are in thy hands. And he gave him the tithes of all. |
Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, ‘Give me the people, but take the possessions for yourself.’
and said, ‘Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld his kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.’
This stone that I have set up as a marker will be God’s house, and I will give to you a tenth of all that you give me.’
At harvest, you are to give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours as seed for the field and as food for yourselves, your households, and your dependents.’
So Joseph made it a law, still in effect today in the land of Egypt, that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.
He also said: Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem; Let Canaan be Shem’s slave.
Ahimaaz called out to the king, ‘All is well,’ and paid homage to the king with his face to the ground. He continued, ‘Blessed be the Lord your God! He delivered up the men who rebelled against my lord the king.’
The offering, the tenth, and the dedicated things were brought faithfully. Conaniah the Levite was the officer in charge of them, and his brother Shimei was second.
We will bring a loaf from our first batch of dough to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God. We will also bring the firstfruits of our grain offerings, of every fruit tree, and of the new wine and fresh oil. A tenth of our land’s produce belongs to the Levites, for the Levites are to collect the one-tenth offering in all our agricultural towns.
Then all Judah brought a tenth of the grain, new wine, and fresh oil into the storehouses.
‘Blessed be the Lord,’ Jethro exclaimed, ‘who rescued you from the power of Egypt and from the power of Pharaoh. He has rescued the people from under the power of Egypt!
Come to Bethel and rebel; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tenths every three days.
Bring the full tenth into the storehouse so that there may be food in my house. Test me in this way,’ says the Lord of Armies. ‘See if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out a blessing for you without measure.
‘Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing me! ’ ‘How do we rob you? ’ you ask. ‘By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.
‘On the day of firstfruits, you are to hold a sacred assembly when you present an offering of new grain to the Lord at your Festival of Weeks; you are not to do any daily work.
to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the gospel of God. God’s purpose is that the Gentiles may be an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ.
Within your city gates you may not eat the tenth of your grain, new wine, or fresh oil; the firstborn of your herd or flock; any of your vow offerings that you pledge; your freewill offerings; or your personal contributions.
You are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and fresh oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, in the presence of the Lord your God at the place where he chooses to have his name dwell, so that you will always learn to fear the Lord your God.
‘At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and store it within your city gates.
Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign, because the Lord, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.