Deuteronomy 14:22
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New International Version (©2011)
Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"You must set aside a tithe of your crops--one-tenth of all the crops you harvest each year.

English Standard Version (©2001)
“You shall tithe all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"You shall surely tithe all the produce from what you sow, which comes out of the field every year.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Each year you are to set aside a tenth of all the produce grown in your fields.

International Standard Version (©2012)
"Be sure to tithe annually from everything you plant that yields a harvest in the field.

NET Bible (©2006)
You must be certain to tithe all the produce of your seed that comes from the field year after year.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Every year be sure to save a tenth of the crops harvested from whatever you plant in your fields.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
You shall truly tithe all the increase of your seed, that the field brings forth year by year.

American King James Version
You shall truly tithe all the increase of your seed, that the field brings forth year by year.

American Standard Version
Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which cometh forth from the field year by year.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Every year thou shalt set aside the tithes of all thy fruits that the earth bringeth forth,

Darby Bible Translation
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, the produce of the field, year by year.

English Revised Version
Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which cometh forth of the field year by year.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

World English Bible
You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes forth from the field year by year.

Young's Literal Translation
'Thou dost certainly tithe all the increase of thy seed which the field is bringing forth year by year;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

14:22-29 A second portion from the produce of their land was required. The whole appointment evidently was against the covetousness, distrust, and selfishness of the human heart. It promoted friendliness, liberality, and cheerfulness, and raised a fund for the relief of the poor. They were taught that their worldly portion was most comfortably enjoyed, when shared with their brethren who were in want. If we thus serve God, and do good with what we have, it is promised that the Lord our God will bless us in all the works of our land. The blessing of God is all to our outward prosperity; and without that blessing, the work of our hands will bring nothing to pass. The blessing descends upon the working hand. Expect not that God should bless thee in thy idleness and love of ease. And it descends upon the giving hand. He who thus scatters, certainly increases; and to be free and generous in the support of religion, and any good work, is the surest and safest way of thriving.

Pulpit Commentary

Verses 22-29. - A tithing of each year's produce of the cultivated ground was to be made; and this tithe was to be brought to the place which the Lord should choose, as also the firstling of the herds and flocks; and there a sacrificial meal was to be partaken of, that Israel might learn to fear Jehovah their God always, reverencing him as their Ruler, and rejoicing in him as the Giver of all good. Verse 22. - Thy seed. "Seed" here refers to plants as well as what is raised from seed (cf. Jeremiah 2:21; Ezekiel 17:5, 6). The reference is to the second or festival tithe which was exclusively of vegetables.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed,.... This was a different tithe from that which was made and given to the Levites, and out of which a tithe was taken and given to the priests, and which they only ate of; but this, as appears by the following verse, was what the owners themselves ate of, and so the tithing was left to be made by them themselves, and which they were to be sure to make, and to make it truly and faithfully:

that the field bringeth forth year by year; being ploughed and sowed yearly, the produce of it was to be tithed yearly; the Jewish writers (t) observe on this, that it must be what the earth produces, and is fit for food: and it must be thy seed, which is especially thine, and is not common, but has an owner, and this excludes mushrooms, &c. which thou sowest not, and therefore cannot be called thy seed.

(t) Ib. in Misn. Maaserot, c. 1. sect. 1.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

22-27. Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed—The dedication of a tenth part of the year's produce in everything was then a religious duty. It was to be brought as an offering to the sanctuary; and, where distance prevented its being taken in kind, it was by this statute convertible into money.

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Giving Tithes
22You shall truly tithe all the increase of your seed, that the field brings forth year by year. 23And you shall eat before the LORD your God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of your corn, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herds and of your flocks; that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always. 24And if the way be too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from you, which the LORD your God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD your God has blessed you: …

Genesis 28:22 and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God's house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth."
Leviticus 27:30 "'A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.
Numbers 15:20 Present a loaf from the first of your ground meal and present it as an offering from the threshing floor.
Numbers 18:21 "I give to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as their inheritance in return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting.
Deuteronomy 12:6 there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, what you have vowed to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
Deuteronomy 12:17 You must not eat in your own towns the tithe of your grain and new wine and olive oil, or the firstborn of your herds and flocks, or whatever you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts.
Nehemiah 10:37 "Moreover, we will bring to the storerooms of the house of our God, to the priests, the first of our ground meal, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees and of our new wine and olive oil. And we will bring a tithe of our crops to the Levites, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all the towns where we work.
Malachi 3:10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.