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everything. The children of Israel do what’s right under the reign of Hezekiah, and bring the tithes to the
designated places.

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.

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 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 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 saints that the “storehouse” (which was a building in Jerusalem) is the church. This
passage does not apply to the church or believers today!

Matthew 23:23 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your
spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy
and faithfulness. Jesus rebukes the Pharisees for not obeying the weightier matters of the law along with
tithing. He also rebukes them for tithing mint, dill and cumin which were not required in the Mosaic Law.
The Pharisees made a practice of adding hundreds of rules and regulations which must be obeyed in order
to be considered righteous. Adding more rules to the tithe made it even more difficult to keep to be self
righteous.

Luke 11:42 “Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of
garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without
leaving the former undone. A parallel bible verse of Matthew 23:23 as Jesus rebukes the Pharisees for not
obeying the weightier matters of the law and even changing the Law to demonstrate their own
righteousness. .

Luke 18:12 – I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ A Pharisee brags about his obedience to the
law and tithing. Luke is not suggesting that this be the practice of the New Testament church today.

Hebrews 7:5-9 – 5Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from
the people—that is, from their fellow Israelites—even though they also are descended from Abraham. 6This
man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him
who had the promises. Abraham’s tithe is used to illustrate a change concerning the priesthood. Again, the
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