For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath
chosen thee to be a (a) peculiar people unto himself, above all the
nations that [are] upon the earth.
(a) Therefore you should not follow the superstition of the Gentiles.... [ Continue Reading ]
(b) These [are] the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and
the goat,
(b) This ceremonial Law instructed the Jews to seek a spiritual
pureness, even in their meat and drink.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall not eat [of] any thing that (c) dieth of itself: thou shalt
give it unto the (d) stranger that [is] in thy gates, that he may eat
it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou [art] an holy
people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his
mother's milk.
(c) Because the... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt truly (e) tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the
field bringeth forth year by year.
(e) The tithes were ordained for the maintenance of the Levites, who
had no inheritance.... [ Continue Reading ]
And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to
carry it; [or] if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy
God shall choose to set his name there, (f) when the LORD thy God hath
blessed thee:
(f) When he shall give thee abilities.... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth
after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or
for whatsoever thy soul desireth: (g) and thou shalt eat there before
the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
(g) After the Priest has re... [ Continue Reading ]
At the end of three years thou shalt (h) bring forth all the tithe of
thine increase the same year, and shalt lay [it] up within thy gates:
(h) Besides the yearly tithes that were given to the Levites, these
were laid up in store for the poor.... [ Continue Reading ]