Part of this passage was briefly explained not long ago. It is instruction which the Lord gives to the children of Israel through Moses regarding their duty, and especially in connection with their great feasts. Verse 22 is very simple: "Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which cometh forth from the field year by year." That was the tithe that was paid to the Levites, and that which the Levites received they tithed for the priests. There was another tithe, which the children of Israel used for the poor and the needy in their great feasts, and that is indicated in verses 23-27. The money of the second tithe was to be used in the way there indicated. This seems to have been the tithe also mentioned in verse 28: "At the end of every three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates." "Patriarchs and Prophets" thus expresses the thought: "This tithe, or its equivalent in money, they were for two years to bring to the place where the sanctuary was established [that is, the second tithe]. After presenting a thank-offering to God, and a specified portion to the priest, the offerers were to use the remainder for a religious feast, in which the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow should participate. Thus provision was made for the thank-offerings and feasts at the yearly festivals, and the people were drawn to the society of the priests and Levites, that they might receive instruction and encouragement in the service of God. Every third year, however, this second tithe was to be used at home, in entertaining the Levite and the poor, as Moses said, 'That they may eat within thy gates, and be filled.' Deut. 26:12. This tithe would provide a fund for the uses of charity and hospitality."