acknowledged that God owned everything and was graciously allowing them nine-tenths of the produce. The assumed situation is the same as that reflected in chapter 12 as evident by the key phrase at the place the LORD your God will choose (or some variant; vv. 23, 24, 25; cf. 12:5, 11, 14). God would choose a place for the sacrifice (12:4–7) to which they must bring the tithe also (14:23). As with the sacrifice they were to eat the tithe in the presence of the LORD (v. 23; cf. 12:7). But if the chosen
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