Deuteronomy 16:17

Every man is to give as he is able, in the measure of the blessing which the Lord your God has given you.

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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 the year let all your males come before the Lord your God in the place named by him; at the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks, and the feast of tents: and they are not to come before the Lord with nothing in their hands;

18You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:10Then keep the feast of weeks to the Lord your God, with an offering freely given to him from the wealth he has given you:

Ezra 2:63And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by Urim and Thummim.

2 Corinthians 8:12For if there is a ready mind, a man will have God's approval in the measure of what he has, and not of what he has not.

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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