²² and^[a] this stone that I have set up as a pillar^(A) will be God’s house,^(B) and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.^(C)”

²¹ “I give to the Levites all the tithes^(A) in Israel as their inheritance^(B) in return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting.^(C)

²⁴ Instead, I give to the Levites as their inheritance the tithes that the Israelites present as an offering to the Lord.^(A) That is why I said concerning them: ‘They will have no inheritance among the Israelites.’”

⁵ As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously gave the firstfruits^(A) of their grain, new wine,^(B) olive oil and honey and all that the fields produced. They brought a great amount, a tithe of everything.

⁶ The people of Israel and Judah who lived in the towns of Judah also brought a tithe^(A) of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things dedicated to the Lord their God, and they piled them in heaps.^(B)

¹² Then they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes and dedicated gifts. Konaniah,^(A) a Levite, was the overseer in charge of these things, and his brother Shimei was next in rank.

¹² All Judah brought the tithes^(A) of grain, new wine and olive oil into the storerooms.^(B)

⁸ “Will a mere mortal rob^(A) God? Yet you rob me.

“But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’

“In tithes^(B) and offerings.