| Leviticus 19:24
| But in the fourth year, all their fruit shall be sanctified, to the praise of the Lord.
| Lord. It was to be brought to the holy city, and offered with the other tithes, out of which a feast was made for the poor, etc. (Josephus, [Antiquities?] 4:8.) Besides the first-fruits for the priests, and the tithes for the Levites, out of which they again paid tithes to the priests, there was an annual tithe prescribed, (Deuteronomy 12:12,) to supply a feast for the indigent, etc., at Jerusalem, along with this fruit; and another, every third year, designed for the poor alone (Deuteronomy 14:28,) at the place of each one's abode. (Tirinus)
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