Deuteronomy 14:22-29

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Regular gifts to the Lord

²² You must keep safe a tenth part of all the crops that grow in your fields. You must be careful to do this every year. ²³ Then take your tithe to the place that the Lord your God will choose as his special home. It will be a tenth part of your grain, your new wine, your olive oil and the firstborn animals from your cows, sheep and goats. Eat them there, at the Lord's special home. Then you will learn to respect the Lord your God always.

²⁴ But the Lord's special place may be a long way from your home. If he has blessed you with a lot of things, they may be too heavy for you to carry all that way. ²⁵ If that is true, you may sell your tithe. Then you may take the money carefully to the place that the Lord your God will choose. ²⁶ When you arrive there, you can use the money to buy any food that you choose: cows, sheep, wine, beer or anything else. Then you and your family should eat it there. You should enjoy your time together at the Lord's special home. ²⁷ Do not forget to help the Levites who live in your towns. Remember that they have not received any land as you have.

²⁸ Every third year, take the tithe of the food that you have grown in your fields that year. Store it in your town or your village. ²⁹ Keep this food for the Levites, who have no land of their own. It is also for the foreign people, the widows, and the children who have no family. These people in your town can eat as much as they want. If you do that, the Lord your God will bless you in all your work.