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wish. Then you and your household shall eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and
rejoice. 27And do not neglect the Levites living in your towns, for they have no allotment or
inheritance of their own. 28At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes of that year’s
produce and store it in your towns, 29so 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.
God gives instructions on how to disperse and exchange the Mosaic Law tithe.

Deuteronomy 26:12-15 When you have finished setting aside a tenth of all your produce in
the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the
fatherless and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied. God gives
instructions on how Israel should sanctify the tithe before they can ask for a blessing.

2 Chronicles 31:5-12 As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously gave the
firstfruits of their grain, new wine, olive oil and honey and all that the fields produced. They
brought a great amount, a tithe of everything. The children of Israel do what’s right under
the reign of Hezekiah, and bring the tithes to the designated places in obedience to the
Mosaic Law.

Nehemiah 10:37-38 Moreover, we will bring to the storerooms of the house of our God, to
the priests, the first of our ground meal, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees and
of our new wine and olive oil. And we will bring a tithe of our crops to the Levites, for it is the
Levites who collect the tithes in all the towns where we work. Israel obeys God and brings
the tithes to the storehouse in obedience to the Mosaic Law.

Nehemiah 12:44 – At that time men were appointed to be in charge of the storerooms for
the contributions, firstfruits and tithes. From the fields around the towns they were to bring
into the storerooms the portions required by the Law for the priests and the Levites, for
Judah was pleased with the ministering priests and Levites. Officers were appointed to
watch over the tithes in the storehouse.

Nehemiah 13:5-12 and he had provided him with a large room formerly used to store the
grain offerings and incense and temple articles, and also the tithes of grain, new wine and
olive oil prescribed for the Levites, musicians and gatekeepers, as well as the contributions
for the priests. Nehemiah cleanses the storehouse and kicks Tobiah out of the room that
was designated to store the tithe. He then restores order.

Amos 4:4 Go to Bethel and sin; go to Gilgal and sin yet more. Bring your sacrifices every
morning, your tithes every three years. God commands Israel to bring back the Mosaic tithe
every three years and reiterates the curse that is upon them if they don’t.

Malachi 3:8-10 Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing
you?’ “In tithes and offerings.”. God reprimands Israel for not delivering the Mosaic tithe, and
reiterates the blessings and curse that would be in result of whatever decision they chose. This
is the most used verse today by pastors who put their church under the law of the tithe. They
equate not giving your 10% to the church is robbing God. They also, in this passage, inform the

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