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Genesis 28:20-22 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will watch
over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear 21so
that I return safely to my father’s household, then the LORD will be my God and this stone
that I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will give you a
tenth.” After the vision of God’s renewed covenant, Jacob initiates a covenant with God
vowing to give him a tithe of what he receives from God. It is never recorded in Scripture
that he actually did give God a tenth nor, if he did, the method he used to give.

Leviticus 27:30-32 ‘A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit
from the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD. The specifications of tithing is
introduced into the law of Moses. This is called the Mosaic Law given specifically to the
Israelites.

Numbers 18:20-32 “I give to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as their inheritance in return
for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting. Under the Mosaic Law, this tithe is
dedicated to the Levites for the work in the tabernacle.

Deuteronomy 12:5-11 …there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and
special gifts, what you have vowed to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of
your herds and flocks. God gives instructions for what to do with the tithe once Israel
crosses the Jordan. Again this is a regulation within the Mosaic Law.

Deuteronomy 14:22-29 Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each
year. 23Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and
flocks in the presence of the LORD your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his
Name, so that you may learn to revere the LORD your God always. 24But if that place is too
distant and you have been blessed by the LORD your God and cannot carry your tithe (because
the place where the LORD will choose to put his Name is so far away), 25then exchange your tithe
for silver, and take the silver with you and go to the place the LORD your God will choose. 26Use
the silver to buy whatever you like: cattle, sheep, wine or other fermented drink, or anything you
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

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