The Theocracy: or Immediate Government by God: Consisted in His: Exacting Tribute

Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded: …

Thus any tithe from the land, whether from the seed of the land or the fruit of the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.

Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.

When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and settle in it, …