Deuteronomy 16:17

Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of LORD thy God which he has given thee.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.

In Context

16Three times in a year all thy males shall appear before LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. And they shall not appear before

18Thou shall make judges and officers for thee in all thy gates, which LORD thy God gives thee, according to thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:10And thou shall keep the feast of weeks to LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill-offering from thy hand, which thou shall give, according as LORD thy God blesses thee.

Ezra 2:63And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

2 Corinthians 8:12For if the willingness is present, it is acceptable to the extent if some man has, not to the extent he does not have.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 16:2-18

Yearly Release. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God: for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. 2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there. 3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of… Read the whole commentary →

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