Deuteronomy 14:22

22 Every year thou shalt set aside the tithes of all thy fruits that the earth bringeth forth,

Deuteronomy 14:22 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 14:22

Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed
This was a different tithe from that which was made and given to the Levites, and out of which a tithe was taken and given to the priests, and which they only ate of; but this, as appears by the following verse, was what the owners themselves ate of, and so the tithing was left to be made by them themselves, and which they were to be sure to make, and to make it truly and faithfully:

that the field bringeth forth year by year;
being ploughed and sowed yearly, the produce of it was to be tithed yearly; the Jewish writers

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 observe on this, that it must be what the earth produces, and is fit for food: and it must be thy seed, which is especially thine, and is not common, but has an owner, and this excludes mushrooms which thou sowest not, and therefore cannot be called thy seed.

F20 Ib. in Misn. Maaserot, c. 1. sect. 1.

Deuteronomy 14:22 In-Context

20 All that is clean, you shall eat.

21 But whatsoever is dead of itself, eat not thereof. Give it to the stranger, that is within thy gates, to eat, or sell it to him: because thou art the holy people of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam.

22 Every year thou shalt set aside the tithes of all thy fruits that the earth bringeth forth,

23 And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, that his name may be called upon therein, the tithe of thy corn, and thy wine, and thy oil, and the firstborn of thy herds and thy sheep: that thou mayst learn to fear the Lord thy God at all times.

24 But when the way and the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, are far off, and he hath blessed thee, and thou canst not carry all these things thither,