Special Cases The First Commandment No other gods Leviticus 27:9-13 “If the vow is an animal that may be offered as an offering to the LORD, all of it that he gives to the LORD is holy. He shall not exchange it or make a substitute for it, good for bad, or bad ...
The Valuation Offering The First Commandment No other gods Leviticus 27:1-8 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, If anyone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the valuation of persons, then the valuation of a male from twenty years old up to sixty ...
Devoted Things The First Commandment No other gods Leviticus 27:28, 29 “But no devoted thing that a man devotes to the LORD, of anything that he has, whether man or beast, or of his inherited field, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the LORD. No one devoted, ...
An Important Reminder The First Commandment No other gods Deuteronomy 26:12-15 “When you have finished paying all the tithe of your produce in the third year, which is the year of tithing, giving it to the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat within your towns and be ...
Blessed by the Lord’s Offering The First Commandment No other gods Deuteronomy 14:22, 23 “You shall tithe all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year. And before the LORD your God, in the place that he will choose, to make his name dwell there, you shall eat the ...
The Best Belongs to the Lord The First Commandment No other gods Exodus 23:19 “The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God.” Proverbs 3:9, 10 Our text emphasizes that the best of our firstfruits are to go to the Lord. This required a process ...
Divine Substitutes The First Commandment No other gods Exodus 22:29 “You shall not delay to offer from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me.” Numbers 3:11-13 God Himself substituted for the first-born of the sons of Israel. He ...
Give First The First Commandment No other gods Exodus 22:29 “You shall not delay to offer from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me.” Numbers 3:11-13 Promptness in giving is what’s in view here. Israelites were expected ...
No Substitutes The First Commandment No other gods Leviticus 27:30-33 “Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the LORD’s; it is holy to the LORD. If a man wishes to redeem some of his tithe, he shall add a fifth to ...
Redeeming the Tithe The First Commandment No other gods Leviticus 27:30-33 “Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the LORD’s; it is holy to the LORD. If a man wishes to redeem some of his tithe, he shall add a ...