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The Truth about Tithing

5.4 Let’s Practice

1. True or False God created time and is bound by it until eternity future when He
abolishes it.

2. True or False The word, “tithe,” comes from the Hebrew root meaning “one
tenth.”

3. True or False According to the Old Testament law of the tithe, every Hebrew had to set aside
10% of everything they made and give it to the priests.

4. True or False Actually there were three tithes in the Old Testament, resulting in giving 23.3%
of one’s annual produce of the land or herds to the Lord.

5. True or False We know from the Old Testament that not only Abraham and Jacob gave 10% of
their income to the Lord, but many other patriarchs also gave 10% of their income to God.

6. True or False Because Abraham and Jacob gave 10% to the Lord, which was practiced BEFORE
the Law was every given, this shows us that God’s pattern for giving today is the tithe.

7. True or False There are four references to tithing in the New Testament but do not command
NT believers to practice tithing as a pattern for giving.

8. True or False According to Malachi 3:8-10, the tithe belongs to the church.

9 What two practices predate other than tithing the Law that we do not feel the NT church must
practice to please God?

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