Deuteronomy 14:23
And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always.
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 12:5-7 commands eating tithes before the Lord at the chosen place, directly paralleling this instruction.
Deuteronomy 12:17 prohibits eating tithes at home, reinforcing the requirement to bring them to the sanctuary.
Deuteronomy 12:18 repeats the command to eat tithes before the Lord at the chosen place, including the household.
Deuteronomy 15:19 details the dedication of firstborn males, which are part of what is eaten here at the sanctuary.
Deuteronomy 15:20 repeats the command to eat the firstborn before God at the chosen place, reinforcing this practice.
Deuteronomy 12:7 commands eating before God at the chosen place with rejoicing, identical to the practice described here.
Deuteronomy 12:11 expands on bringing tithes to the place where God makes His name dwell, the same context as here.
Deuteronomy 12:21 permits eating meat at home if the sanctuary is far, but here tithe must be eaten at the sanctuary.
Leviticus 27:30 declares the tithe holy to the Lord, which is the basis for the command to eat it before Him here.
Numbers 18:31 allows Levites to eat tithe anywhere, contrasting with the lay requirement here to eat at the sanctuary.
In Nehemiah 10:39, the post-exilic community commits to bringing tithes to the temple storehouse, echoing the command to eat the tithe before the Lord in the chosen place.
Exodus 20:24 speaks of God causing His name to be remembered at altars, paralleling the chosen place for His name to dwell here.
In John 2:14, Jesus finds merchants in the temple, perverting the very place where tithes were to be eaten before the Lord, as commanded here.
Genesis 14:20 records Abram giving a tithe to Melchizedek, an early example of tithing, though here the tithe is eaten before God.
Genesis 28:22 shows Jacob vowing to give a tenth, similar to the tithe law here, but as a personal vow rather than a command.
In Isaiah 62:9, the promise that those who harvest will eat and praise in the LORD's courts echoes the command to eat the tithe before God in the chosen place.