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1 Corinthians 16 2
On the first day of the week, each of you is to set something aside and save in keeping with how he prospers, so that no collections will need to be made when I come.
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Deuteronomy 26:2-15
you must take some of the first of all the land’s produce that you harvest from the land Yahweh your God is giving you and put it in a container. Then go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to have His name dwell.When you come before the priest who is serving at that time, you must say to him,‘ Today I acknowledge to the Lord your God that I have entered the land the Lord swore to our fathers to give us.’“ Then the priest will take the container from your hand and place it before the altar of the Lord your God.You are to respond by saying in the presence of the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramean. He went down to Egypt with a few people and lived there. There he became a great, powerful, and populous nation.But the Egyptians mistreated and afflicted us, and forced us to do hard labor.So we called out to Yahweh, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our cry and saw our misery, hardship, and oppression.Then the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, with terrifying power, and with signs and wonders.He led us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.I have now brought the first of the land’s produce that You, Lord, have given me. You will then place the container before the Lord your God and bow down to Him.You, the Levite, and the foreign resident among you will rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has given you and your household.“ When you have finished paying all the tenth of your produce in the third year, the year of the tenth, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied.Then you will say in the presence of the Lord your God: I have taken the consecrated portion out of my house; I have also given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commands You gave me. I have not violated or forgotten Your commands.I have not eaten any of it while in mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or offered any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the Lord my God; I have done all You commanded me.Look down from Your holy dwelling, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
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Exodus 23:19
“ Bring the best of the firstfruits of your land to the house of the Lord your God.“ You must not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
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Philippians 4:17-18
Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the profit that is increasing to your account.But I have received everything in full, and I have an abundance. I am fully supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you provided— a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
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Exodus 35:20-29
Then the entire Israelite community left Moses’ presence.Everyone whose heart was moved and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the Lord for the work on the tent of meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.Both men and women came; all who had willing hearts brought brooches, earrings, rings, necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry— everyone who waved a presentation offering of gold to the Lord.Everyone who had in his possession blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, fine linen or goat hair, ram skins dyed red or manatee skins, brought them.Everyone making an offering of silver or bronze brought it as a contribution to the Lord. Everyone who possessed acacia wood useful for any task in the work brought it.Every skilled woman spun yarn with her hands and brought it: blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen.And all the women whose hearts were moved spun the goat hair by virtue of their skill.The leaders brought onyx and gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece,as well as the spice and oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.So the Israelites brought a freewill offering to the Lord, all the men and women whose hearts prompted them to bring something for all the work that the Lord, through Moses, had commanded to be done.
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Exodus 22:29
“ You must not hold back offerings from your harvest or your vats. Give Me the firstborn of your sons.
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Mark 14:7-8
You always have the poor with you, and you can do what is good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have Me.She has done what she could; she has anointed My body in advance for burial.
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Exodus 34:26
“ Bring the best firstfruits of your land to the house of the Lord your God.“ You must not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
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Haggai 1:4-9
“ Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”Now, the Lord of Hosts says this:“ Think carefully about your ways:You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough to be satisfied. You drink but never have enough to become drunk. You put on clothes but never have enough to get warm. The wage earner puts his wages into a bag with a hole in it.”The Lord of Hosts says this:“ Think carefully about your ways.Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house. Then I will be pleased with it and be glorified,” says the Lord.“ You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined it. Why?” This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.“ Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
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Proverbs 14:31
The one who oppresses the poor person insults his Maker, but one who is kind to the needy honors Him.
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2 Corinthians 8 2-2 Corinthians 8 3
During a severe testing by affliction, their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed into the wealth of their generosity.I testify that, on their own, according to their ability and beyond their ability,
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Malachi 3:8-10
“ Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!” You ask:“ How do we rob You?”“ By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.You are suffering under a curse, yet you— the whole nation— are still robbing Me.Bring the full tenth into the storehouse so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this way,” says the Lord of Hosts.“ See if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out a blessing for you without measure.
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Numbers 31:50-54
So we have presented to the Lord an offering of the gold articles each man found— armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces— to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.”Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them all the articles made out of gold.All the gold of the contribution they offered to the Lord, from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, was 420 pounds.Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself.Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and brought it into the tent of meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the Lord.
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Numbers 7:2-89
the leaders of Israel, the heads of their ancestral houses, presented an offering. They were the tribal leaders who supervised the registration.They brought as their offering before the Lord six covered carts and 12 oxen, a cart from every two leaders and an ox from each one, and presented them in front of the tabernacle.The Lord said to Moses,“ Accept these from them to be used in the work of the tent of meeting, and give this offering to the Levites, to each division according to their service.”So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites.He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen corresponding to their service,and gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen corresponding to their service, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since their responsibility was service related to the holy objects carried on their shoulders.The leaders also presented the dedication gift for the altar when it was anointed. The leaders presented their offerings in front of the altar.The Lord told Moses,“ Each day have one leader present his offering for the dedication of the altar.”The one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah.His offering was one silver dish weighing 3 1/4 pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;one male goat for a sin offering;and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab.On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, leader of Issachar, presented an offering.As his offering, he presented one silver dish weighing 3 1/4 pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;one male goat for a sin offering;and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar.On the third day Eliab son of Helon, leader of the Zebulunites, presented an offering.His offering was one silver dish weighing 3 1/4 pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;one male goat for a sin offering;and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Eliab son of Helon.On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, leader of the Reubenites, presented an offering.His offering was one silver dish weighing 3 1/4 pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;one male goat for a sin offering;and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur.On the fifth day Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, leader of the Simeonites, presented an offering.His offering was one silver dish weighing 3 1/4 pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;one male goat for a sin offering;and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, leader of the Gadites, presented an offering.His offering was one silver dish weighing 3 1/4 pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;one male goat for a sin offering;and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Eliasaph son of Deuel.On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, leader of the Ephraimites, presented an offering.His offering was one silver dish weighing 3 1/4 pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;one male goat for a sin offering;and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Elishama son of Ammihud.On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, leader of the Manassites, presented an offering.His offering was one silver dish weighing 3 1/4 pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;one male goat for a sin offering;and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, leader of the Benjaminites, presented an offering.His offering was one silver dish weighing 3 1/4 pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;one male goat for a sin offering;and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Abidan son of Gideoni.On the tenth day Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, leader of the Danites, presented an offering.His offering was one silver dish weighing 3 1/4 pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;one male goat for a sin offering;and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Ochran, leader of the Asherites, presented an offering.His offering was one silver dish weighing 3 1/4 pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;one male goat for a sin offering;and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Pagiel son of Ochran.On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, leader of the Naphtalites, presented an offering.His offering was one silver dish weighing 3 1/4 pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 3/4 pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;one male goat for a sin offering;and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Ahira son of Enan.This was the dedication gift from the leaders of Israel for the altar when it was anointed: 12 silver dishes, 12 silver basins, and 12 gold bowls.Each silver dish weighed 3 1/4 pounds, and each basin 1 3/4 pounds. The total weight of the silver articles was 60 pounds measured by the standard sanctuary shekel.The 12 gold bowls full of incense each weighed four ounces measured by the standard sanctuary shekel. The total weight of the gold bowls was three pounds.All the livestock for the burnt offering totaled 12 bulls, 12 rams, and 12 male lambs a year old, with their grain offerings, and 12 male goats for the sin offering.All the livestock for the fellowship sacrifice totaled 24 bulls, 60 rams, 60 male breeding goats, and 60 male lambs a year old. This was the dedication gift for the altar after it was anointed.When Moses entered the tent of meeting to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim. He spoke to him that way.
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1 John 3 17-1 John 3 18
If anyone has this world’s goods and sees his brother in need but closes his eyes to his need— how can God’s love reside in him?Little children, we must not love with word or speech, but with truth and action.
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Genesis 14:18-21
Then Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine; he was a priest to God Most High.He blessed him and said: Abram is blessed by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,and I give praise to God Most High who has handed over your enemies to you. And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.Then the king of Sodom said to Abram,“ Give me the people, but take the possessions for yourself.”
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Genesis 28:22
This stone that I have set up as a marker will be God’s house, and I will give to You a tenth of all that You give me.”
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Luke 14:13-14
On the contrary, when you host a banquet, invite those who are poor, maimed, lame, or blind.And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
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2 Corinthians 8 8-2 Corinthians 8 9
I am not saying this as a command. Rather, by means of the diligence of others, I am testing the genuineness of your love.For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though He was rich, for your sake He became poor, so that by His poverty you might become rich.
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Mark 14:10-21
Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to hand Him over to them.And when they heard this, they were glad and promised to give him silver. So he started looking for a good opportunity to betray Him.On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrifice the Passover lamb, His disciples asked Him,“ Where do You want us to go and prepare the Passover so You may eat it?”So He sent two of His disciples and told them,“ Go into the city, and a man carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him.Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house,‘ The Teacher says,“ Where is the guest room for Me to eat the Passover with My disciples?”’He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make the preparations for us there.”So the disciples went out, entered the city, and found it just as He had told them, and they prepared the Passover.When evening came, He arrived with the Twelve.While they were reclining and eating, Jesus said,“ I assure you: One of you will betray Me— one who is eating with Me!”They began to be distressed and to say to Him one by one,“ Surely not I?”He said to them,“ It is one of the Twelve— the one who is dipping bread with Me in the bowl.For the Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”
