Dict: smith - ALMS

ALMS - A>@ - 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 oliveyard, kjv@Leviticus:19:9-10 kjv@Leviticus:23:22 kjv@Leviticus:15:11 ; 24:19; 26:2-13; kjv@Ruth:2:2) is strictly enjoined by the law. Every third year also, (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: kjv@Job:31:17; kjv@Proverbs:10:2 kjv@Proverbs:11:4; kjv@Esther:9:22; kjv@Psalms:112:9; kjv@Acts:9:36) the case of Dorcas; kjv@Acts:10:2) of Cornelius; to which may be added Tobit kjv@4:10-11; 14:10-11, and Ecclus. kjv@3:30; 40:24. The Pharisees were zealous in almsgiving, but too ostentatious their mode of performance, for which our Lord finds fault with them. kjv@Matthew:6:2) The duty of relieving the poor was not neglected by the Christians. kjv@Matthew:6:1-4; kjv@Luke:14:13; kjv@Acts:20:35; kjv@Galatians:2:10) Regular proportionate giving was expected. kjv@Acts:11:30; kjv@Romans:15:25-27; kjv@1Corinthians:16:1-4)