Bible Question: What is tithing? |
Bible Answer: Hello mzavala, Perhaps you will get a lot of good answers and you might try typing in tithe or tithing in the search box (upper right). In the mean time I will give a short, simple answer. Tithe (transliterated word: maaser) means "tenth part". I "tenth part" is the same as ten percent. Biblical tithing means giving back to God a tenth of what He has blessed you with. We generally think of money but we are to honor God with more than just our financial blessings to include our time and energies. In the Old Testament the tithe was a necessary contribution of goods that allowed for the welfare of the people as a whole. In essence, it was the foundation of the economy of God's people. You might think of it as the taxes of today (though we wish we could think of taxes in terms of ten percent only). In keeping with my promise to keep it short and simple, I will leave it at that and allow another to extrapolate. A reference to get started: Neh 10:36-39 36 also to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God, the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as it is written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks; 37 and to bring the first of our dough, and our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the wine and the oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and to bring to the Levites the tithes from our ground, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our towns where we labor. 38 And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive the tithes. And the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers of the storehouse. 39 For the people of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of grain, wine, and oil to the chambers, where the vessels of the sanctuary are, as well as the priests who minister, and the gatekeepers and the singers. We will not neglect the house of our God." ESV God bless, Jeff |
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