Genesis 14:20
and blessed be El 'Elyon [God Most High], who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Avram [Exalted father] gave him a tenth of all. + 14:20. (18-20) Quoted in Heb 7:1-2 (5)
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Genesis 24:27He said, “Blessed be Adonai, the God of my master Abraham [Father of a multitude], who has not forsaken his chesed ·loving-kindness· and his truth toward my master. As for me, Adonai has led me on the way to the house of my master’s relatives.”
Genesis 47:24It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food, for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.” (Maftir ·Conclusion·)
Leviticus 27:30“‘All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is Adonai’s. It is holy to Adonai.
Deuteronomy 12:17+ 12:17. Deut 12:17 (Deut 12:13-14) (#2b.173): T. The person vowing shall not eat the sacrifices they give as free will offerings on their own property / R. Not to eat its meat + 12:17. Deut 12:17 (Deut 12:17-18) (#4.343): T. The person shall not eat the ma'aser sheni ·second tithe· on your own property / R. Not to eat ma'aser sheni ·second tithe· of grains outside Jerusalem You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, + 12:17. Deut 12:17 (Deut 12:17-18) (#4.344): T. The person shall not eat the ma'aser sheni ·second tithe· of wine on your own property / R. Not to eat ma'aser sheni ·second tithe· of wine products outside Jerusalem or of your new wine, + 12:17. Deut 12:17 (Deut 12:17-18) (#4.345): T. The person shall not eat the ma'aser sheni ·second tithe· of oil on your own property / R. Not to eat ma'aser sheni ·second tithe· of oil outside Jerusalem or of your oil, + 12:17. Deut 12:17 (Deut 12:13-14, 12:17-18) (#2b.174): T. The person shall not eat a firstborn animal on your own property / R. The Cohenim ·Priests· shall not eat an unblemished firstborn animal outside Jerusalem + 12:17. Deut 12:17 (Deut 12:17-19) (#4.346): T. This command is not found in the straightforward text / R. That the Cohen ·Priest· shall not eat the first fruits before they are set down in the Courtyard of Adonai / R. The Cohenim ·Priests· must not eat the first fruits outside Jerusalem or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, + 12:17. Deut 12:17 (Deut 12:13-14, 12:17-18) (#2b.175): T. The person shall not eat their vow offerings on their own property / R. The Cohenim ·Priests· shall not eat the flesh of the sin offering or trespass offering outside the Courtyard nor any of your vows which you vow, + 12:17. Deut 12:17 (Deut 12:13-14, 12:15-16, 12:17-19) (#2b.176): T. The person shall not eat that which they raise up with their hand (tithe, vow, or voluntary offerings) on their own property / R. The non-Priest shall not eat their own free will offerings, until the animal’s blood has been sprinkled (as an offering to Adonai at the Sanctuary) nor your free will offerings, nor the wave offering of your hand;
Deuteronomy 14:28+ 14:28. Deut 14:28 (Deut 14:27-29, 14:22-29, 26:12-13) (#8.516): T. To set apart a tithe for the Levi [United with], foreigner, orphan, and widow every three years / R. To separate the ma'aser sheni ·second tithe· for the poor At the end of every three years you shall bring all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall store it within your gates.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 14:18-21
Abram's Interview with Melchizedek. ( b. c. 1913.) 17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: 20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies… Read the whole commentary →