*Omitted (should not have been added to the Laws)
**Changed (a misinterpretation of the Law or based on the wrong scripture)
***No Longer Kept (No longer applicable today)
***Law #261 To set aside the second tithe (Festival Tithe)
Deut. 14:22 “Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy
seed, that the field brings for the year by year.”
The command refers to the Festival Tithe (Ma’aser
Sheni). Here we see a command to
tithe. In vs. 23 we see which tithe this
passage refers to: “And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place
which he shall choose to place His name there”…vs. 25 explains that if that
place be too far, exchange the tithe into coin and upon arrival, purchase
whatever you desire. So, the Israelites
consumed this tithe during their festival travels.
***Law #262 Not to spend its redemption money on anything
but food, drink, or ointment
Deut. 26:14 “I have not eaten thereof in my mourning,
neither have I taken away aught thereof for any unclean use, nor given aught
thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and
have done according to all that thou has commanded me.”
Read in full context, the command here is not to spend the
Festival tithe on anything but food, drink or ointment (see vs. 12-14)
Consuming Festival
Tithes while Impure
*** Law #263 Not to eat Ma’aser Sheni (Festival Tithe) while
impure
Deut. 26:14 “I have not eaten thereof in my mourning,
neither have I taken away aught thereof for any unclean use, nor given aught
thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and
have done according to all that thou has commanded me.”
This same scripture also includes the commandment not to
consume the Festival tithe while impure.
Consuming Festival
Tithes while in Mourning
*** Law #264 A mourner on the first day after death must not
eat Ma’aser Sheni (Festival Tithe)
Deut. 26:14 “I have not eaten thereof in my mourning,
neither have I taken away aught thereof for any unclean use, nor given aught
thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and
have done according to all that thou has commanded me.”
This command reiterates the previous in that not only was
the tithe not to be spent on anything but food, drink and ointment but it must
not be consumed on the first day after death (in mourning).
***Law #265 Not to eat Ma’aser Sheni grains outside of
Jerusalem
Deut. 12:17 “Thou may not eat within thy gates the tithe of
thy corn, wine and oil or the Firstlings of thy herds…vs. 18 but thou must eat
them before the Lord thy God in the place which [He] shall choose.”
This place is the holy place in Jerusalem. This is why the Festival Tithe is no longer
kept. Scattered Israel no longer travels
to Jerusalem for the Feasts. Therefore,
no Law which pertains to the Festival Tithe can be observed any longer.
***Law #266 Not to eat Ma’aser Sheni wine products outside
of Jerusalem
Deut. 12:17 The command in the same scripture above is not
to consume wine outside of Jerusalem (Festival Tithe)
***Law #267 Not to eat Ma’aser Sheni oil outside Jerusalem
Deut. 12:17 The command in the same scripture above is not
to consume oil outside of Jerusalem (Festival Tithe)
***Law #268 The fourth year crops must be totally for holy
purposes like Ma’aser Sheni
Lev. 19:24 “But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof
shall be holy to praise the Lord with.”
The command is that the Festival tithe to be used totally
for holy purposes in the fourth year.
***Law #269 To read the confession of tithes every fourth and seventh year
Deut. 26:13-15 “Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mind house and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them. Vs. 14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away aught thereof for any unclean use, nor given aught thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded. Vs. 15 Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swore unto our fathers, a land that flows with milk and honey.”
Deut. 26:13-15 “Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mind house and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them. Vs. 14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away aught thereof for any unclean use, nor given aught thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded. Vs. 15 Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swore unto our fathers, a land that flows with milk and honey.”
This is the confession of tithes the Israelites were
commanded to confess in the third year and seventh year of tithing in
obedience.
None of these Commandments can be kept today, as the Festival Tithe was meant to be consumed in the land, at the Temple.
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