Deu 14:26 | KingComments | STEP | This is about the fruits of the land presented as blessings for the people in Deuteronomy 6-11 and them eating in the presence of God. Now there are given indications how the fruit of the land can be enjoyed in a way that it is a pleasure for God. God rejoices when His sons enjoy the blessings He has given. The tithing of the fruit determines for the people that the land is the LORD’s. When they come before Him with the tithes, they acknowledge His goodness and grace, and that He is their source of joy. There are three different tithes. The first tithes are for the Levites ( ; ). The Levites are the servants of the priests. Each servant may contribute to the believers becoming better priests, better versed in bringing worthy offerings. The Levites’ service promotes the effective functioning of the priestly service. Each service that the Levites do must be supported and therefore the people give tithes. If the people are aware of their wealth, it is an enormous encouragement for the Levite. The Levite service is weak among a people who have no appreciation or awareness of God’s blessings. Deuteronomy is about a people who can collect the riches of the land. They give a second tithe. This tithe is already mentioned briefly in this book ( ). Here, it is done in more detail. These tithes are taken to the place where the LORD dwells and eaten before Him there. Such tithes can be found in the meeting. When we are occupied all week with the blessing of the Lord, we can all come with our tithes to the meeting to present them before to the Lord. The two going to Emmaus have enjoyed the blessing of the Lord in their house and they bring the tithes of it, as it were, to the place where the believers are together ( ). For some it is difficult to go to Jerusalem with the tithes. For them there is a solution. They may sell the goods, take the money with them and convert the money back into goods on the spot. This can be applied to believers who are not yet spiritually advanced enough to take all the different sacrifices with them to the place where the Lord is. They may not have had time to deal with the versatility of the Lord Jesus’ work because of overly busy earthly things. They may come up with the price of those products, which in turn in that place is converted into sacrifices. They come to the meeting with only the awareness of the price the Lord Jesus paid for their salvation. This is how they come to the meeting. When other brothers express themselves, they are involved in worship and the sacrifices are, as it were, revived again.

‏ Deuteronomy 14:26

Eating of the Tithes

This is about the fruits of the land presented as blessings for the people in Deuteronomy 6-11 and them eating in the presence of God. Now there are given indications how the fruit of the land can be enjoyed in a way that it is a pleasure for God. God rejoices when His sons enjoy the blessings He has given.

The tithing of the fruit determines for the people that the land is the LORD’s. When they come before Him with the tithes, they acknowledge His goodness and grace, and that He is their source of joy.

There are three different tithes. The first tithes are for the Levites (Lev 27:30-33; Num 18:24-26). The Levites are the servants of the priests. Each servant may contribute to the believers becoming better priests, better versed in bringing worthy offerings. The Levites’ service promotes the effective functioning of the priestly service. Each service that the Levites do must be supported and therefore the people give tithes. If the people are aware of their wealth, it is an enormous encouragement for the Levite. The Levite service is weak among a people who have no appreciation or awareness of God’s blessings.

Deuteronomy is about a people who can collect the riches of the land. They give a second tithe. This tithe is already mentioned briefly in this book (Deu 12:11 ; 17-19). Here, it is done in more detail. These tithes are taken to the place where the LORD dwells and eaten before Him there.

Such tithes can be found in the meeting. When we are occupied all week with the blessing of the Lord, we can all come with our tithes to the meeting to present them before to the Lord. The two going to Emmaus have enjoyed the blessing of the Lord in their house and they bring the tithes of it, as it were, to the place where the believers are together (Lk 24:32-36).

For some it is difficult to go to Jerusalem with the tithes. For them there is a solution. They may sell the goods, take the money with them and convert the money back into goods on the spot. This can be applied to believers who are not yet spiritually advanced enough to take all the different sacrifices with them to the place where the Lord is. They may not have had time to deal with the versatility of the Lord Jesus’ work because of overly busy earthly things. They may come up with the price of those products, which in turn in that place is converted into sacrifices.

They come to the meeting with only the awareness of the price the Lord Jesus paid for their salvation. This is how they come to the meeting. When other brothers express themselves, they are involved in worship and the sacrifices are, as it were, revived again.