Leviticus 27:31 - 5%
 

Just checking to see if I read this correctly. Is it saying that if someone used a part of their tithe, then they would pay an additional 5% to make up for it?

My question has nothing to do with some trying to teach the extra 5% (half-shekel), which we have discussed in the past.

Just wanted the context of this particular verse. "Ought" means "part" in Hebrew.

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No one has an answer? Man, that's really weird. :heeheehee

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I'm too lazy to look up the verse.

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It means to buy the crop instead of bringing it in. He would buy it plus 5% above it's value

27:30, 31 For a person living a distance from the sanctuary, it may have been easier to redeem the tithes of his crops than to bring the crops to the sanctuary.

Radmacher, E. D., Allen, R. B., & House, H. W. (1997). The Nelson study Bible : New King James Version (Le 27:30). Nashville: T. Nelson Publishers.

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Animals walk, grain does not.. Why pay the 5%? Cuz dats da law?

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But why? Everything always seems to be laid out for a reasonable purpose, so why?

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Loser. :heeheehee

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Everything? :lol

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In the eye of the beholder, my friend. :heeheehee

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:lol