Deuteronomy 14:25
Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:
Thou shalt then turn it into money,.... The tithe, which would be lighter and easier carriage:
and bind up the money in thine hand; put it into a bag or purse, and tie it up and carry it in the hand; which some think was ordered, that it might not be mixed with other money; but it seems only to have respect to journeying, and making it fit for that. The Jewish writers {u}, some of them, give a different sense of the word we render "bind up", and interpret it of marking the silver, or impressing a form, figure, or image on it with the hand; they mean that it must be coined money; so Maimonides {w}, they may not profane the sacred tithe with money not coined, nor with money not current, nor with money which is not in a man's power; for it is said,
in thine hand; which the man is possessed of and is his own property:
and shalt go unto the place which the LORD that God shall choose; carrying the money along with him, for which he sold the tithe.
{u} Bartenora in Misn. Beracot, c. 7. sect. 1. Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Maaser Sheni, c. 11. sect. 2. & in Misn. Sabbat, c. 18. sect. 1.
{w} In Misn. Maaser Sheni, c. 11. sect. 2.