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Ye Tithe (ἀποδεκατοῦτε)
ἀπί, from, δεκατόω, to take a tenth. Tithe is tenth; also in older English, tethe, as tethe hest, the tenth commandment. A tething was a district containing ten families.
Mint (ἡδύοσμον)
ἡδύς, sweet, ὀσμή, smell. A favorite plant in the East, with which the floors of dwellings and synagogues were sometimes strewn.
Anise - Cummin (ἄνηθον - κήμινον)
Rev. renders anise, dill in margin. Used as condiments. The tithe of these plants would be very small; but to exact it would indicate scrupulous conscientiousness. The Talmud tells of the ass of a certain Rabbi which had been so well trained as to refuse corn of which the tithes had not been taken.
Faith (πίστιν)
Rather faithfulness, as in Rom 3:3, Rev. Gal 5:22, Rev.