Genesis 14:20

14:20 Worthy of praise is ¹  the Most High God,

who delivered ²  your enemies into your hand.”

Abram gave Melchizedek ³  a tenth of everything.

Joshua 6:19

6:19 All the silver and gold, as well as bronze and iron items, belong to the Lord. ⁴  They must go into the Lord’s treasury.”

Joshua 6:24

6:24 But they burned ⁵  the city and all that was in it, except for the silver, gold, and bronze and iron items they put in the treasury of the Lord’s house. ⁶ 

Joshua 6:2

6:2 The Lord told Joshua, “See, I am about to defeat Jericho for you, ⁷  along with its king and its warriors.

Joshua 8:11-12

8:11 All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city. ⁸  They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley. ⁹  8:12 He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel ¹⁰  and Ai.

Joshua 8:1

Israel Conquers Ai

8:1 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ¹¹  Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! ¹²  See, I am handing over to you ¹³  the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.

Joshua 18:11

Benjamin’s Tribal Lands

18:11 The first lot belonged to the tribe of Benjamin ¹⁴  by its clans. Their allotted territory was between Judah and Joseph. ¹⁵ 

Joshua 1:1

The Lord Commissions Joshua

1:1 After Moses the Lord’s servant died, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant:

Joshua 1:1

The Lord Commissions Joshua

1:1 After Moses the Lord’s servant died, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant:

Proverbs 3:9-10

3:9 Honor ¹⁶  the Lord from your wealth

and from the first fruits of all your crops; ¹⁷ 

3:10 then your barns will be filled completely, ¹⁸ 

and your vats ¹⁹  will overflow ²⁰  with new wine.

Isaiah 18:7

18:7 At that time

tribute will be brought to the Lord who commands armies,

by a people that are tall and smooth-skinned,

a people that are feared far and wide,

a nation strong and victorious,

whose land rivers divide. ²¹ 

The tribute ²²  will be brought to the place where the Lord who commands armies has chosen to reside, on Mount Zion. ²³ 

Isaiah 23:18

23:18 Her profits and earnings will be set apart for the Lord. They will not be stored up or accumulated, for her profits will be given to those who live in the Lord’s presence and will be used to purchase large quantities of food and beautiful clothes. ²⁴ 

Isaiah 60:9

60:9 Indeed, the coastlands ²⁵  look eagerly for me,

the large ships ²⁶  are in the lead,

bringing your sons from far away,

along with their silver and gold,

to honor the Lord your God, ²⁷ 

the Holy One of Israel, ²⁸  for he has bestowed honor on you.

Matthew 22:21

22:21 They replied, ²⁹  “Caesar’s.” He said to them, ³⁰  “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” ³¹ 

[14:20]  ¹ tn Heb “blessed be.” For God to be “blessed” means that is praised. His reputation is enriched in the world as his name is praised.

[14:20]  ² sn Who delivered. The Hebrew verb מִגֵּן (miggen, “delivered”) foreshadows the statement by God to Abram in Gen 15:1, “I am your shield” (מָגֵן, magen). Melchizedek provided a theological interpretation of Abram’s military victory.

[14:20]  ³ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Melchizedek) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “it is holy to the Lord.”

[6:24]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text adds “with fire.”

[6:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “the treasury of the house of the Lord.” Technically the Lord did not have a “house” yet, so perhaps this refers to the tabernacle using later terminology.

[6:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “I have given into your hand Jericho.” The Hebrew verb נָתַתִּי (natatti, “I have given”) is probably best understood as a perfect of certitude, indicating the certainty of the action. The Hebrew pronominal suffix “your” is singular, being addressed to Joshua as the leader and representative of the nation. To convey to the modern reader what is about to happen and who is doing it, the translation “I am about to defeat Jericho for you” has been used.

[8:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “All the people of war who were with him went up and approached and came opposite the city.”

[8:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “and the valley [was] between them and Ai.”

[8:12]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[8:1]  ¹¹ tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

[8:1]  ¹² tn Heb “Take with you all the people of war and arise, go up against Ai!”

[8:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “I have given into our hand.” The verbal form, a perfect, is probably best understood as a perfect of certitude, indicating the certainty of the action.

[18:11]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and the lot came up for the tribe of the sons of Benjamin.”

[18:11]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and the territory of their allotment went out between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph.”

[3:9]  ¹⁶ tn The imperative כַּבֵּד (kabbed, “honor”) functions as a command, instruction, counsel or exhortation. To honor God means to give him the rightful place of authority by rendering to him gifts of tribute. One way to acknowledge God in one’s ways (v. 6) is to honor him with one’s wealth (v. 9).

[3:9]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “produce.” The noun תְּבוּאָה (tÿvu’ah) has a two-fold range of meaning: (1) “product; yield” of the earth (= crops; harvest) and (2) “income; revenue” in general (BDB 100 s.v.). The imagery in vv. 9-10 is agricultural; however, all Israelites – not just farmers – were expected to give the best portion (= first fruits) of their income to Lord.

[3:10]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “with plenty” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NIV “to overflowing.” The noun שָׂבָע (sava’, “plenty; satiety”) functions as an adverbial accusative of manner or contents: “completely.”

[3:10]  ¹⁹ sn This pictures the process of pressing grapes in which the upper receptacle is filled with grapes and the lower one catches the juice. The harvest of grapes will be so plentiful that the lower vat will overflow with grape juice. The pictures in v. 10 are metonymies of effect for cause (= the great harvest that God will provide when they honor him).

[3:10]  ²⁰ tn Heb “burst open.” The verb פָּרַץ (parats, “to burst open”) functions as hyperbole here to emphasize the fullness of the wine vats (BDB 829 s.v. 9).

[18:7]  ²¹ tn On the interpretive difficulties of this verse, see the notes at v. 2, where the same terminology is used.

[18:7]  ²² tn The words “the tribute” are repeated here in the translation for clarity.

[18:7]  ²³ tn Heb “to the place of the name of the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts], Mount Zion.”

[23:18]  ²⁴ tn Heb “for eating to fullness and for beautiful covering[s].”

[60:9]  ²⁵ tn Or “islands” (NIV); CEV “distant islands”; TEV “distant lands.”

[60:9]  ²⁶ tn Heb “the ships of Tarshish.” See the note at 2:16.

[60:9]  ²⁷ tn Heb “to the name of the Lord your God.”

[60:9]  ²⁸ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[22:21]  ²⁹ tn Grk “they said to him.”

[22:21]  ³⁰ tn Grk “then he said to them.” τότε (tote) has not been translated to avoid redundancy.

[22:21]  ³¹ sn Jesus’ answer to give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s was a both/and, not the questioners’ either/or. So he slipped out of their trap.