OLD TESTAMENT

Leviticus 19:24

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But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, for giving praise to the LORD.

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Verse 24. Lord. It was to be brought to the holy city, and offered with the other tithes, out of which a feast was made for the poor, and so forth Joseph. iv. 8. Besides the first-fruits for the priests, and the tithes for the Levites, out of which they again paid tithes to the priests, there was an annual tithe prescribed, (Deuteronomy 12:12,) to supply a feast for the indigent, and so forth at Jerusalem, along with this fruit; and another, every third year, designed for the poor alone (Deuteronomy 14:28,) at the place of each one’s abode. Tirinus.

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