John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 28:22

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house, etc.] Building an altar of it with some others, and sacrificing to God on it; and wherever God is worshipped, that place is his house, be it what or where it will; and Jacob did as he promised to do, (see <013503>Genesis 35:3,7): and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto thee; for the support of his worship; for the maintenance of such that were employed in it; for the provision of sacrifice, and for the relief of the poor, or for any use or service in which God might be glorified: this was imitated by the Heathens in later times, who gave the tenth of their substance to their gods, Jupiter, Hercules, and others f1460.

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