THIS is the Tithe of God...

THIS is the tithe of God... 

>>>> Under God's system of tithing (found in the Law), tithing was 23 1/3 percent (three tithes) and by command of God, restricted to fruits, vegetables and clean animals grown on the promise land... 

>>> Tithe scriptures designating the tithe limited to agricultural produce from the Promise Land... 

> Lev. 27:30, 32 "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.… And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the LORD." 

> Num. 18:27 "And this your heave offering shall be reckoned to you, as though it were the grain of the threshing-floor, and as the fullness of the wine-press." 

> Num. 18:28 "Thus you also shall offer a heave offering to the LORD of all your tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel; and you shall give thereof the LORD’s heave offering to Aaron the priest." 

> Deut 12:17 "You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your wine, or of your oil." 

> Deut. 14:22 "You shall truly tithe all the increase of your seed, that the field brings forth year by year." 

> Deut. 14:23 "And you shall eat before the LORD your God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name, the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the first offspring of your herds and of your flocks, that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always." 

> Deut. 24:21 "When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow." 

> Deut. 26:12 "When you have made an end of tithing all the tithes of your increase [produce: RSV] the third year, which is the year of tithing, and have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within your gates, and be filled." 

> 2 Chron. 31:5 "And as soon as the commandment was circulated, the children of Israel brought in abundance the first fruits of grain, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the fields; and the tithe of all things they brought in abundantly." 

> 2 Chron. 31:6 "And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that lived in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated to the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps." 

> Neh. 10:37 "And that we should bring the first fruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithes of our ground to the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage." 

> Neh. 13:5 "And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where previously they laid the grain offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the offerings of the priests." 

> Mal. 3:10 "Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat [food] in my house." 

> Matt. 23:23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cumin (spices, ie, fruits,vegetables)..." 

> Luke 11:42 "But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone." 

>>> Do you think God was just kidding around? I think NOT. 

Also... 


>>> Who in reality, based on GOD'S WORD, owns the tithe and has the right to it? Answer... 

>> THE TITHE WAS GIVEN; 

> 1. To the Levite of the Nation of Israel (First Tithe of Three)... 

"But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance." - Numbers 18:24, see also Nehemiah 10:37-38. 

> 2. To the Tither of the Nation of Israel (Second Tithe of Three)... 

"Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. 

And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: 

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: 

And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household," - Deuteronomy 14:22-26. 

> 3. To the Tither of the Nation of Israel, the Levite of the Nation of Israel, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow (Third Tithe of Three)... 

"And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee. 

At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: 

And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest." - Deuteronomy 14:27-30, see also Deuteronomy 26:12. 

>>> NOWHERE has God ever taken the tithes from the above mentioned people or groups and given it to any pastor, teacher, prophet, apostle, evangelist, churches, religious organizations, tithing teachers OR ANYONE. 

THERE IS NOT ONE VERSE anywhere in God's Word that records God taking the tithe from the above list of people and groups and giving it to anyone. 

If your pastor is teaching you to tithe, HE IS A THIEF STEALING FROM YOU and his mouth must be STOPPED... 

Titus 1:10-11 - "For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: WHO's MOUTHS MUST BE STOPPED, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for FILTHY LUCRE'S SAKE." 

>>> Tithing was a total of 23-1/3%, not 10%, there were three required tithes; two paid every year, one paid every third year... 

>> THE FIRST TITHE 
Leviticus 27:30-33 defines this tithe as a tenth of crops and animals in herds and flocks. 
Numbers 18 and Nehemiah 10:37-38 gives the ordinances, or instructions, for this tithe, and commands this tithe be taken by the Levites. 
> Purpose of this tithe: to support the Levitical Priesthood, Temple and Temple workers. 

>> SECOND TITHE 
Deuteronomy 14:22-27: aka The Festival Tithe - a tenth of crops, plus add to that the firstborn animals, and take to the yearly feasts. 
> Purpose of this tithe: that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always 

>> THIRD TITHE 
Deuteronomy 14:28-29: aka, The Three-Year Tithe, aka The Poor Tithe - a tenth of crops, kept at home, and invite the Levites, widows, orphans, stranger to eat. 
> Purpose of this tithe: to feed the poor. 

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