Tithe

Tithe is invoked as a contrast here — the 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep offered far exceed a standard tenth, framing the people's giving as joyful excess rather than dutiful minimum.

The tithe here refers specifically to the Mosaic tax Moses instituted for the tabernacle — Joash is invoking this existing covenant obligation as the funding mechanism for the Temple repairs.

The tithe here becomes the vehicle for an extraordinary outpouring — what started as a commandment turns into four months of stacked heaps as the people give more than anyone anticipated.

The tithe is identified here as sacred property that cannot be consumed at home — it belongs to God and must be eaten in His presence at the central worship site as a communal celebration.

Giving is introduced here as the precursor principle to tithing — before the concept got codified and complicated, this passage establishes the simple logic: show up, bring something, give proportionally.

The tithe here is specifically the third-year tithe — a full tenth of produce distributed entirely to the landless and vulnerable, functioning as God's built-in welfare system for the community.

The tithe here is the community's commitment to fund the Levites who had no land inheritance — a structured generosity system ensuring that those who served God full-time were consistently supported.

Tithes are appointed here as the ongoing financial mechanism to sustain the priests and Levites after the dedication — the celebration immediately gives way to practical infrastructure, ensuring the restored worship system can last.

The tithes are mentioned here as the sacred goods that were displaced from their proper storerooms to make room for Tobiah's unauthorized residence inside the Temple.

Abram's gift of a tenth to Melchizedek is the first tithe in Scripture — given voluntarily, before any law required it, as an acknowledgment that the victory and its spoils came from God.

Tithe is the specific commitment Jacob makes — pledging a tenth of everything God gives him, establishing the practice of proportional giving before it ever became codified law.

The tithe is introduced here as God's pre-existing claim on every tenth of Israel's land produce and livestock — not a generous gesture but an acknowledgment that it already belongs to Him.

The tithe appears here as an example of a sacred obligation that might be unknowingly shorted — inadvertently withholding what belongs to God constitutes the 'breach of faith' requiring a guilt offering and 20% restitution.