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Mainly associated with divisions of the people and of property, and also with sacrificial offerings.

One half

Half the people

Joshua 8:33 See also Deuteronomy 27:12-13; 1 Kings 16:21; Nehemiah 4:16; Nehemiah 12:31-32,38; Nehemiah 13:24

The half-tribes of Manasseh

Deuteronomy 3:13 See also Numbers 32:33; Numbers 34:13-14; Deuteronomy 29:8; Joshua 13:29-31; Joshua 22:10; 1 Chronicles 5:23

Halves in offering sacrifices

Genesis 15:10 See also Exodus 24:6; Exodus 30:13; Leviticus 6:20

Significant examples of halves

2 Samuel 10:4 pp 1 Chronicles 19:4 David's men and the Ammonites; 1 Kings 3:25 Solomon; 1 Kings 10:7 pp 2 Chronicles 9:6 the Queen of Sheba

Half a kingdom:

Esther 5:3; Esther 7:2; Mark 6:23 Isaiah 44:16-20 Idolatry

One third

Thirds of a group

2 Samuel 18:2; 2 Kings 11:5-6 pp 2 Chronicles 23:4-5

Thirds in the processes of judgment

Revelation 9:18 See also Ezekiel 5:2,12; Revelation 8:7-12; Revelation 9:15; Revelation 12:4

One fifth

A fifth of the harvest

Genesis 41:34; Genesis 47:24,26

A fifth in cases of restitution

Leviticus 5:14-16 See also Leviticus 6:5; Leviticus 22:14; Numbers 5:7

Redeeming what is promised to God

Leviticus 27:13 See also Leviticus 27:15,19,27,31

One tenth

Instructions about God's tithe

Leviticus 27:30-32 The term “tithe” is the Old English word for “one tenth”. See also Numbers 18:21,26; Deuteronomy 12:6,11; Deuteronomy 14:22; Nehemiah 10:38; Amos 4:4; Malachi 3:8-10

The royal tithe

1 Samuel 8:15,17

Examples of the tithe

Abraham:

Genesis 14:20; Hebrews 7:1-10 Genesis 28:22 Jacob

The Israelites:

2 Chronicles 31:5-6,12; Nehemiah 10:37 Matthew 23:23 teachers of the law and Pharisees

See also

5741  vows
7370  guilt offering
8488  tithing
9210  judgment, God's