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1 | Tithing before Mosaic Law | Gen 14:20 | azurelaw | 217726 | ||
Oops, sorry that I click on the "note" by mistake where as I was intending to post a question :-( ******* I believe this should be the first account in the Bible recording the 10 percent tithing. The second one is recorded in Gen 28:22. Both were not yet set in the Mosaic Law. Question: 1/ Was giving 10 percent a common practice in the ancient time? 2/ Under what condition was it exercised before the Mosaic Law? Thanks and Shalom Azure |
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2 | Tithing before Mosaic Law | Gen 14:20 | Searcher56 | 217730 | ||
God's day to you, Sister Azure, 1/ Was giving 10 percent a common practice in the ancient time? ... The standard Babylonian one-tenth tax called Esretu (meaning one-tenth). 2/ Under what condition was it exercised before the Mosaic Law? ... There were two times a tithe was given before the Mosaic Law: a. Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek (Gen 14:20; Heb 7:6). His Babylonian background may account the reason he gave a tenth. b. Jacob vowed unto the Lord to give a tenth (Gen 28:22). These were given before the Law. Searcher |
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