the end

5 Mosebok 14:22
Tionde skall du giva av all sädesgröda som för vart år växer på din åker,

5 Mosebok 26:12-15
När du under det tredje året, tiondeåret, har lagt av all tionde av vad du då har fått i avkastning och givit den åt leviten, främlingen, den faderlöse och änkan, och de hava ätit därav inom dina portar och blivit mätta,…

Amos 4:4
Kommen till Betel och bedriven eder synd till Gilgal och bedriven än värre synd; frambären där på morgonen edra slaktoffer, på tredje dagen eder tionde.

1. The tenth of all the productions of the land

2. Forty-eight cities, each forming a square of

4000 cubits

3. Two thousand cubits of ground round each city; total of land,

53,000 acres.

4. The first-fruits, and certain parts of all the animals killed in the land. But though this was a very small proportion for a {whole tribe} that had consented to annihilate its {political existence}, that it might wait upon the service of God, yet, let it be considered, that what they possessed was {the best of the land}: and while it was slender remuneration for their services, yet their portion was such as rendered them independent, and kept them comfortable; so that they could wait on God, and labour in his work, without distraction.