2 Chronicles 31:5

And when the order was made public, straight away the children of Israel gave, in great amounts, the first-fruits of their grain and wine and oil and honey, and of the produce of their fields; and they took in a tenth part of everything, a great store.

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In The King James Version

And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.

In Context

4In addition, he gave orders to the people of Jerusalem to give to the priests and Levites that part which was theirs by right, so that they might be strong in keeping the law of the Lord.

6And the children of Israel and Judah, who were living in the towns of Judah came with the tenth part of their oxen and sheep, and a tenth of all the holy things which were to be given to the Lord their God, and put them in great masses.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:29Do not keep back your offerings from the wealth of your grain and your vines. The first of your sons you are to give to me.

Exodus 34:22And you are to keep the feast of weeks when you get in the first-fruits of the grain, and the feast at the turn of the year when you take in the produce of your fields.

Exodus 35:5Take from among you an offering to the Lord; everyone who has the impulse in his heart, let him give his offering to the Lord; gold and silver and brass;

Exodus 36:5And said to Moses, The people are giving much more than is needed for the work which the Lord has given us orders to do.

Numbers 18:12All the best of the oil and the wine and the grain, the first-fruits of them which they give to the Lord, to you have I given them.

2 Chronicles 24:10And all the chiefs and all the people came gladly and put their money into the chest, till they had all given.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 31:2-11

Hezekiah Destroys Idolatry. ( b. c. 726.) 1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities. 2 And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their… Read the whole commentary →

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