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Bible Verses About Tithes And Tithing

Early Christian writers did not present a single simple rule about tithing. Writers like Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Cyprian, Origen, and the Apostolic Constitutions often treated the Old Testament tithe as a model for Christian giving, support for clergy, and care for the poor, while also stressing freewill gifts, almsgiving, and spiritual sacrifice. Other early writers used tithing language mostly to explain Jesus’ rebuke of the Pharisees or to contrast Jewish law with Christian generosity.

The evidence is broad, but it is mixed because some texts describe church practice, while others are mainly biblical explanation or moral teaching rather than a direct command that all Christians must pay a fixed ten percent.

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And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

Shows tithes and firstfruits brought to storehouses.

Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

Honor the Lord with substance and firstfruits.

And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:

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Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

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Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

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And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:

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And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.

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And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.

Shows firstfruits and tithes set aside for priests and Levites.

And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.

First of dough and priestly firstfruits.

The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

Firstfruits to the priest.

Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.

Tithe brought to the storehouse.

And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:

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Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.

Core Bible text about Levites receiving tithes.

Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD'S heave offering to Aaron the priest.

Shows tithes given onward to Aaron the priest.

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

Annual tithe command.

And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.

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And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.

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We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.

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Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil.

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A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs:

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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 unto the LORD.

Every tithe belongs to the Lord.

And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram;

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And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram,

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And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram;

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And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram,

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A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:

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And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

New Testament text used by early interpreters.

And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.

Tithe of herd and flock is holy to the Lord.

And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.

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But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

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And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.

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