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Alms:
The duty of alms‐giving, especially in kind, consisting chiefly in portions to be left designedly from produce of the field, the vineyard and the olive yard (Leviticus 19:9-10; 23:22; 15:11; 24:19; 26:2-13; Ruth 2:2) is strictly enjoined by the law. Every third year also (Deuteronomy 14:28) each proprietor was directed to share the tithe of his produce with "the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless and the widow." The theological estimate of alms‐giving among the Jews is indicated in the following passages: Job 31:17; Proverbs 10:2; 11:4; Esther 9:22; Psalm 112:9; Acts 9:36; the case of Dorcas; (Acts 10:2) of Cornelius; to which may be added Tobit 4:10-11; 14:10-11, and Ecclesiasticus 3:30; 40:24. The Pharisees were zealous in almsgiving, but too ostentatious in their mode of performance, for which our Lord finds fault with them (Matthew 6:2). The duty of relieving the poor was not neglected by the Christians (Matthew 6:1-4; Luke 14:13; Acts 20:35; Galatians 2:10). Regular proportionate giving was expected (Acts 11:30; Romans 15:25-27; 1 Corinthians 16:1-4).
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