(Nehemiah 8:9; 10:1) and occurs also in three other places. In the margin of the Authorized Version
(Ezra 2:63; Nehemiah 7:65; 10:1) it is rendered “governor.”
Tirzah
an ancient Canaanite city, whose king is enumerated among those overthrown in the conquest
of the country. (Joshua 12:24) It reappears as a royal city, the residence of Jeroboam and of his
successors, (1 Kings 14:17,18) and as the seat of the conspiracy of Menahem ben-Gaddi against
the wretched Shallum. (2 Kings 15:16) Its reputation for beauty throughout the country must have
been widespread. It is in this sense that it is spoken of in the Song of Solomon. Eusebius mentions
it in connection with Menahem, and identifies it with a “village of Samaritans in Batanea.” Its site
is Telluzah, a place in the mountains north of Nablus.
(delight), youngest of the five daughters of Zelophehad. (Numbers 26:33; 27:1; 36:11; Joshua
17:3) (B.C. 1450.)
Tishbite, The
the well-known designation of Elijah. (1 Kings 17:1; 21:17,28; 2 Kings 1:3,8; 9:36) The name
naturally points to a place called Tishbeh, Tishbi, or rather perhaps Tesheb, as the residence of the
prophet. Assuming that a town is alluded to as Elijah’s native place, it is not necessary to infer that
it was itself in Gilead, as many have imagined. The commentators and lexicographers, with few
exceptions, adopt the name “Tishbite” as referring to the place Thisbe in Naphtali which is found
in the Septuagint text of Tobit 1:2.
Tithe Or Tenth
the proportion of property devoted to religious uses from very early times. Instances of the use
of tithes are found prior to the appointment of the Levitical tithes under the law. In biblical history
the two prominent instances are—
•Abram presenting the tenth of all his property, or rather of the spoils of his victory, to Melchizedek.
(Genesis 14:20; Hebrews 7:2,6)
•Jacob, after his vision at Luz, devoting a tenth of all his property to God in case he should return
home in safety (Genesis 28:22) The first enactment of the law in respect of tithe is the declaration
that the tenth of all produce, as well as of flocks and cattle belongs to Jehovah and must be offered
to him that the tithe was to be paid in kind, or, if redeemed, with an addition of one fifth to its
value. (Leviticus 27:30-33) This tenth is ordered to be assigned to the Levites as the reward of
their service, and it is ordered further that they are themselves to dedicate to the Lord a tenth of
these receipts, which is to be devoted to the maintenance of the high priest. (Numbers 18:21-28)
This legislation is modified or extended in the book of Deuteronomy, i.e. from thirty-eight to forty
years later. Commands are given to the people—
•To bring their tithes, together with their votive and other offerings and first-fruits, to the chosen
centre of worship, the metropolis, there to be eaten in festive celebration in company with their
children their servants and the Levites. (12:5-18)
•All the produce of the soil was to be tithed every and these tithes with the firstlings of the flock
and herd, were to be eaten in the metropolis.
•But in case of distance, permission is given to convert the produce into money, which is to be
taken to the appointed place, and there laid out in the purchase of food for a festal celebration, in
which the Levite is, by special command, to be included. (14:22-27)
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