OLD TESTAMENT

Leviticus 27:31

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If a man redeems anything of his tithe, he shall add a fifth part to it.

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Verse 31. Of them. When the distance from Jerusalem was great, so that a person judged it more convenient to sell his tithes, and with the money purchase more for a feast in Jerusalem, (which the Rabbins call Zudui, Charisterion, grace or thanksgiving) he had to pay something additional, 12, for example, instead of 10. Scaliger.

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