Tithes Paid by the Levites. ²⁵ The Lord said to Moses: ²⁶ Speak to the Levites and say to them: When you take from the Israelites the tithes I have assigned you from them as your heritage, you are to make a contribution from them to the Lord, a tithe of the tithe; ²⁷ and your contribution will be credited to you as if it were grain from the threshing floor or new wine from the vat. ²⁸ Thus you too shall make a contribution to the Lord from all the tithes you take from the Israelites, handing over to Aaron the priest the contribution to the Lord. ²⁹ From all the gifts to you, you shall make every contribution due to the Lord—from their best parts, that is the part to be consecrated from them.

³⁰ Say to them also: Once you have made your contribution from the best part, the rest of the tithe will be credited to the Levites as if it were produce of the threshing floor or the produce of the vat. ³¹ You and your households may eat it anywhere, since it is your recompense in exchange for labor in the tent of meeting. ³² You will incur no punishment when you contribute the best part of it. But do not profane the holy offerings of the Israelites or else you shall die.

Tithes. ²² Each year you shall tithe all the produce of your seed that grows in the field;^{(A) 23} then in the place which the Lord, your God, chooses as the dwelling place of his name^(B) you shall eat in his presence the tithe of your grain, wine and oil, as well as the firstlings of your herd and flock, that you may learn always to fear the Lord, your God. ^24 (C)But if, when the Lord, your God, blesses you, the journey is too much for you and you are not able to bring your tithe, because the place which the Lord, your God, chooses to put his name is too far for you,