the end

申命記 14:22
「你要把你撒種所產的，就是你田地每年所出的，十分取一分；

申命記 26:12-15
「每逢三年，就是十分取一之年，你取完了一切土產的十分之一，要分給利未人和寄居的與孤兒寡婦，使他們在你城中可以吃得飽足。…

阿摩司書 4:4
「以色列人哪，任你們往伯特利去犯罪，到吉甲加增罪過，每日早晨獻上你們的祭物，每三日奉上你們的十分之一。

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.