For those who do tithe most of those christian churches require 10% right off of the top. This is usally refered to as a tithe. When in fact a tithe was generally considered to be 10% of the increase. First fruits offering required a portion of the best/off the top offering. The bible is not specific on the amount. Some rabbinic teachers say the first 1 or 2%.
That said what if I told you that the tithe was not meant to be offered to the church but once out of every three years? That the other 2/3s portion of the tithe was meant to sustain a man and his family to take a pilgrimage back to the temple, and that the tithe was to be eaten/spent on food and beer so the pilgrim could sustain himself and his family for that yearly journey..
The Law goes on to say if you have been blessed with so much that you can't get it all there you can sell it and take the money and use it to buy food/beer when you make your trip. But, on the 3rd year that tithe offering was to be taken to the church to support/sustain it.
This seems a lot different, that what I was taught.
Deu 14:
28 At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes of that year’s produce and store it in your towns, 29 so that the Levites (who have no allotment or inheritance of their own) and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
That said what if I told you that the tithe was not meant to be offered to the church but once out of every three years? That the other 2/3s portion of the tithe was meant to sustain a man and his family to take a pilgrimage back to the temple, and that the tithe was to be eaten/spent on food and beer so the pilgrim could sustain himself and his family for that yearly journey..
The Law goes on to say if you have been blessed with so much that you can't get it all there you can sell it and take the money and use it to buy food/beer when you make your trip. But, on the 3rd year that tithe offering was to be taken to the church to support/sustain it.
This seems a lot different, that what I was taught.
Deu 14:
Tithes
22 Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year. 23 Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name, so that you may learn to revere the Lord your God always. 24 But if that place is too distant and you have been blessed by the Lord your God and cannot carry your tithe (because the place where the Lord will choose to put his Name is so far away), 25 then exchange your tithe for silver, and take the silver with you and go to the place the Lord your God will choose. 26 Use the silver to buy whatever you like: cattle, sheep, wine or other fermented drink, or anything you wish. Then you and your household shall eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice. 27 And do not neglect the Levites living in your towns, for they have no allotment or inheritance of their own.28 At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes of that year’s produce and store it in your towns, 29 so that the Levites (who have no allotment or inheritance of their own) and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
