03-20-2013, 05:32 PM
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Re: To tithe or not to tithe?
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Originally Posted by Praxeas
Awesome. So not only biblical but universal
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Encyclopedia of Religion, “In the ancient Near East lie the origins of a sacred offering or payment of a tenth part of stated goods or property to the deity. Often given to the king or to the royal temple, the ‘tenth’ was usually approximate, not exact. The practice is known from Mesopotamia, Syria-Palestine, Greece and as far to the west as the Phoenician city of Carthage.”[2]
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