18 Bible Verses About Tithes and Offerings, From the Law to the Early Church

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Sommario

  • The law describes tithes for the Levites, for a family feast and, every third year, for the poor, and Jewish tradition counted more than one tithe a year.
  • One of the three was eaten by the family at a festival, and could be converted to money and spent on whatever they liked when they arrived.
  • Malachi 3:10 is addressed to “your whole nation” (3:9); earlier in the book the priests are rebuked for offering blind and diseased animals.
  • Jesus mentions tithing when he rebukes teachers who tithed herbs while neglecting justice, mercy and faithfulness (Matthew 23:23).
  • Paul asks for giving that is weekly, personal, proportional and decided in advance, and never names a percentage.

The tithe in Scripture was a tenth of the harvest and herds, given under the law; the letters to the churches ask instead for giving that is proportional and freely decided. The law describes a tithe for the Levites (Numbers 18:21), a tithe the family ate at the sanctuary (Deuteronomy 14:22-27), and a tithe every third year for the Levites, foreigners, the fatherless and widows (Deuteronomy 14:28-29), and Jewish tradition counted more than one tithe a year. No New Testament…

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Le citazioni bibliche sono tratte dalla Nuova Versione Internazionale.

The three tithes: to the Levites (Numbers 18:21), eaten at the festival (Deuteronomy 14:22-27), and collected every third year for the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow (Deuteronomy 14:28-29).

The permission to convert the festival tithe to silver and buy what one chooses is at Deuteronomy 14:24-26.

Malachi’s charge against the priests is at Malachi 1:6-14.

Jacob sets his terms at Genesis 28:20-21.

The measure Jesus has in mind at Luke 6:38 is set out at Luke 6:37.

The collection Paul is raising runs from 2 Corinthians 8:1 to 9:15 and is described again at Romans 15:25-27.

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