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Christian Study - Tithing
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What
does the Bible say about "Tithing" ?
Under
the Law of Moses, the Jews were required to pay a tithe (a tenth). In this
Law, Israelites were required to give to God one tenth of all their
produce and animals. This could be either an actual tenth of the
possessions or a sum of money equaling the value of one tenth of the
possessions plus a fifth. The things and money that were given as tithes
were given to the Levites as a source of income. The Levites were also
required to pay tithes, which were given to the high priest. Since
Christians are not under the law of Moses (see When
the Law was ended ), we are not required to pay a tithe. Although, we do
have new testament examples of free will offerings to help needy saints.
Leviticus
27:30-34
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And
all
the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the
fruit of the tree, is the LORD's. It is holy to the LORD. If a man
wants at all to redeem any of his tithes, he shall add one-fifth
to it. And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, of
whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the
LORD. He shall not inquire whether it is good or bad, nor shall he
exchange it; and if he exchanges it at all, then both it and the
one exchanged for it shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
These are the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses for the
children of Israel on Mount Sinai.
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Numbers
18:24
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"For
the
tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer up as a heave
offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites as an
inheritance; therefore I have said to them, 'Among the children of
Israel they shall have no inheritance.'"
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Numbers
18:25-29
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Then
the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "Speak thus to the
Levites, and say to them: 'When you take from the children of
Israel the tithes which I have given you from them as your
inheritance, then you shall offer up a heave offering of it to the
LORD, a tenth of the tithe. And your heave offering shall be
reckoned to you as though it were the grain of the threshing floor
and as the fullness of the winepress. Thus you shall also offer a
heave offering to the LORD from all your tithes which you receive
from the children of Israel, and you shall give the LORD's heave
offering from it to Aaron the priest. Of all your gifts you shall
offer up every heave offering due to the LORD, from all the best
of them, the consecrated part of them.'"
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Deuteronomy
12:5-7
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But
you
shall seek the place where the LORD your God chooses, out of all
your tribes, to put His name for His dwelling place; and there you
shall go. There you shall take your burnt offerings, your
sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, your
vowed offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of
your herds and flocks. And there you shall eat before the LORD
your God, and you shall rejoice in all to which you have put your
hand, you and your households, in which the LORD your God has
blessed you.
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Deuteronomy
14:22-23
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You
shall truly tithe all the increase of your grain that the field
produces year by year. And
you shall eat before the LORD your God, in the place where He
chooses to make His name abide, the tithe of your grain and your
new wine and your oil, of the firstborn of your herds and your
flocks, that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.
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Deuteronomy
26:10-13
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"'And
now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land which you,
O LORD, have given me.' Then you shall set it before the LORD your
God, and worship before the LORD your God. So you shall rejoice in
every good thing which the LORD your God has given to you and your
house, you and the Levite and the stranger who is among you. When
you have finished laying aside all the tithe of your increase in
the third year -- the year of tithing -- and have given it to the
Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they
may eat within your gates and be filled , then you shall say
before the LORD your God: 'I have removed the holy tithe from my
house, and also have given them to the Levite, the stranger, the
fatherless, and the widow, according to all Your commandments
which You have commanded me; I have not transgressed Your
commandments, nor have I forgotten them.'"
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1
Corinthians 16:1,2
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Now
concerning the collection
for the saints, as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia,
so you must do also: On the first day of the week let each one of
you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there
be no collections when I come.
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