Deuteronomy 12:6
And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
Study Note
Study Note
The command 'thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks' specifies the range of offerings required at the centralized sanctuary of Deuteronomy's worship reform. The centralization principle of Deuteronomy 12 (often linked by scholars to Josiah's reform of 621 BCE) represents a theological-political claim: Yahweh's name-presence is uniquely located at the chosen place, and worship scattered across multiple shrines fragments covenantal loyalty. The comprehensive enumeration — burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, heave offerings, vows, freewill offerings, firstlings — maps the entire cultic economy, indicating that all forms of religious giving are to be channeled through the central sanctuary. Hebrews interprets this centralization typologically in Christ, 'our great high priest' who fulfills what the central sanctuary prefigured.
Other Translations
and thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock:
and hast brought in thither your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your free-will offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock;
And there you are to take your burned offerings and other offerings, and the tenth part of your goods, and the offerings to be lifted up to the Lord, and the offerings of your oaths, and those which you give freely from the impulse of your hearts, and the first births among your herds and your flocks;
Cross References
What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the …
And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the Lord; even …
And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth …
He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it …
Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, whether it be of men …
But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt …
Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, …
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, …
All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy …