Bible Cross References
For the children
Deuteronomy 12:6-11
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There you are to offer your sacrifices that are to be burned and your other sacrifices, your tithes and your offerings, the gifts that you promise to the LORD, your freewill offerings, and the first-born of your cattle and sheep.
7
There, in the presence of the LORD your God, who has blessed you, you and your families will eat and enjoy the good things that you have worked for.
8
"When that time comes, you must not do as you have been doing. Until now you have all been worshiping as you please,
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because you have not yet entered the land that the LORD your God is giving you, where you can live in peace.
10
When you cross the Jordan River, the LORD will let you occupy the land and live there. He will keep you safe from all your enemies, and you will live in peace.
11
The LORD will choose a single place where he is to be worshiped, and there you must bring to him everything that I have commanded: your sacrifices that are to be burned and your other sacrifices, your tithes and your offerings, and those special gifts that you have promised to the LORD.
Deuteronomy 12:17-11
Deuteronomy 14:23-27
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Then go to the one place where the LORD your God has chosen to be worshiped; and there in his presence eat the tithes of your grain, wine, and olive oil, and the first-born of your cattle and sheep. Do this so that you may learn to honor the LORD your God always.
24
If the place of worship is too far from your home for you to carry there the tithe of the produce that the LORD has blessed you with, then do this:
25
Sell your produce and take the money with you to the one place of worship.
26
Spend it on whatever you want---beef, lamb, wine, beer---and there, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your families are to eat and enjoy yourselves.
27
"Do not neglect the Levites who live in your towns; they have no property of their own.
2 Chronicles 31:12
and put all the gifts and tithes in them for safekeeping. They placed a Levite named Conaniah in charge and made his brother Shimei his assistant.
the children
Numbers 18:30
When you have presented the best part, you may keep the rest, just as the farmer keeps what is left after he makes his offering.
we will not
Nehemiah 13:10
I also learned that the Temple musicians and other Levites had left Jerusalem and gone back to their farms, because the people had not been giving them enough to live on.
Nehemiah 13:11
I reprimanded the officials for letting the Temple be neglected. And I brought the Levites and musicians back to the Temple and put them to work again.
Psalm 122:9
For the sake of the house of the LORD our God I pray for your prosperity.
Hebrews 10:25
Let us not give up the habit of meeting together, as some are doing. Instead, let us encourage one another all the more, since you see that the Day of the Lord is coming nearer.