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→Tithing in the Books of the Prophets
:''But I alone went often to [[Jerusalem]] at the feasts, as it was ordained unto all the people of [[Israel]] by an everlasting decree, having the firstfruits and tenths of increase, with that which was first shorn; and them gave I at the altar to the priests the children of Aaron. The first tenth part of all increase I gave to the sons of Aaron, who ministered at [[Jerusalem]]: another tenth part I sold away, and went, and spent it every year at [[Jerusalem]]: And the third I gave unto them to whom it was meet, as Debora my father's mother had commanded me...''
The prophet [[Malachi]] 3:8-12 discusses failure to pay the tithe or a "full tithe" as robbery of God, while payment of the tithe ensures God's blessing:
:Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings.
:I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before its time in the field," says Yahweh of Hosts.
:"All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land," says Yahweh of Hosts.
(Malachi 3:8-12 NJB)
===Tithing in the New Testament===
