Almost everyone has been taught that the tithe is ten percent of your money, owed to a building every week. Yet when you read the Torah for yourself, the tithe was something very specific, and it was never a tenth of a man's wages. It was a tenth of the crops and the herds, the increase of the land Yahweh gave. It went to the Levites, to a yearly feast before Yahweh, and to the widow, the orphan, and the stranger. This study lays out the tithe exactly as the Word defines it, so you can give generously and honestly, with your eyes open, and not be bound by a tradition that Scripture never...
Almost everyone has been taught that the tithe is ten percent of your money, owed to a building every week. Yet when you read the Torah for yourself, the tithe was something very specific, and it was never a tenth of a man's wages. It was a tenth of the crops and the herds, the increase of the land Yahweh gave. It went to the Levites, to a yearly feast before Yahweh, and to the widow, the orphan, and the stranger. This study lays out the tithe exactly as the Word defines it, so you can give generously and honestly, with your eyes open, and not be bound by a tradition that Scripture never commanded.