Deuteronomy 12:6

12:6 And there you must take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, ¹  your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.

Deuteronomy 12:17

12:17 You will not be allowed to eat in your villages your tithe of grain, new wine, olive oil, the firstborn of your herd and flock, any votive offerings you have vowed, or your freewill and personal offerings.

Deuteronomy 26:12-15

Presentation of the Third-year Tithe

26:12 When you finish tithing all ²  your income in the third year (the year of tithing), you must give it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows ³  so that they may eat to their satisfaction in your villages. ⁴  26:13 Then you shall say before the Lord your God, “I have removed the sacred offering ⁵  from my house and given it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows just as you have commanded me. ⁶  I have not violated or forgotten your commandments. 26:14 I have not eaten anything when I was in mourning, or removed any of it while ceremonially unclean, or offered any of it to the dead; ⁷  I have obeyed you ⁸  and have done everything you have commanded me. 26:15 Look down from your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us, just as you promised our ancestors – a land flowing with milk and honey.”

Leviticus 27:30-33

Redemption of the Tithe

27:30 “‘Any tithe ⁹  of the land, from the grain of the land or from the fruit of the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord. 27:31 If a man redeems ¹⁰  part of his tithe, however, he must add one fifth to it. ¹¹  27:32 All the tithe of herd or flock, everything which passes under the rod, the tenth one will be holy to the Lord. ¹²  27:33 The owner ¹³  must not examine the animals to distinguish between good and bad, and he must not exchange it. If, however, he does exchange it, ¹⁴  both the original animal ¹⁵  and its substitute will be holy. ¹⁶  It must not be redeemed.’”

Numbers 18:21

18:21 See, I have given the Levites all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they perform – the service of the tent of meeting.

Nehemiah 10:37

10:37 We will also bring the first of our coarse meal, of our contributions, of the fruit of every tree, of new wine, and of olive oil to the priests at the storerooms of the temple of our God, along with a tenth of the produce ¹⁷  of our land to the Levites, for the Levites are the ones who collect the tithes in all the cities where we work. ¹⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “heave offerings of your hand.”

² tn Heb includes “the tithes of.” This has not been included in the translation to avoid redundancy.

³ tn The terms “Levite, resident foreigner, orphan, and widow” are collective singulars in the Hebrew text (also in v. 13).

⁴ tn Heb “gates.”

⁵ tn Heb “the sacred thing.” The term הַקֹּדֶשׁ (haqqodesh) likely refers to an offering normally set apart for the Lord but, as a third-year tithe, given on this occasion to people in need. Sometimes this is translated as “the sacred portion” (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV), but that could sound to a modern reader as if a part of the house were being removed and given away.

⁶ tn Heb “according to all your commandment that you commanded me.” This has been simplified in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁷ sn These practices suggest overtones of pagan ritual, all of which the confessor denies having undertaken. In Canaan they were connected with fertility practices associated with harvest time. See E. H. Merrill, Deuteronomy (NAC), 335-36.

⁸ tn Heb “the Lord my God.” See note on “he” in 26:2.

⁹ tn On the “tithe” system in Israel, see R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 2:1035-55 and esp. pp. 1041-42 on Lev 27:30-33.

¹⁰ tn Heb “And if redeeming [infinitive absolute] a man redeems [finite verb].” For the infinitive absolute used to highlight contrast rather than emphasis see GKC 343 §113.p.

¹¹ tn Heb “its one fifth on it.”

¹² sn The tithed animal was the tenth one that passed under the shepherd’s rod or staff as they were being counted (see J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 485, and B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 200).

¹³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the owner of the animal) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁴ tn Heb “And if exchanging [infinitive absolute] he exchanges it [finite verb].” For the infinitive absolute used to highlight contrast rather than emphasis see GKC 343 §113.p.

¹⁵ tn Heb “it and its substitute.” The referent (the original animal offered) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁶ tn Heb “it shall be and its substitute shall be holy.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “a tithe of our land.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “of our work.”