15
He will take one tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers and to his servants.
Highlighted
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 15. Tenth. God had already claimed one tithe, which he had abandoned to his sacred ministers. We do not read that the kings of the Hebrews ever claimed ( Calmet.) a second tithe precisely, ( Bible.) though they might have done it b the example of other kings. Leviticus 27:30. Joseph had asserted the fifth part of the revenues of Egypt for its monarchs. Genesis 47:26.—Eunuchs. Hebrew saris, denotes an officer of the court. It was not lawful for the Israelites to make any eunuchs, but they might employ foreigners.
Private to this browser.