No tithe outside of Israel?

[Aquila]

It's my understanding that according to the Law, the tithe was produce and live stock. If a farmer needed to redeem it for his family, he could tithe the monetary value of the produce and live stock, but, he had to pay a 5% penalty. Although I'm not clear on if it was 5% in addition to the tithe, or if was 5% of the tithe amount.

Either way, this is why some believe only tithing 10% of one's income in money violates the Law, if they profess to being lawkeepers.

Of course, many believe that under grace, one is to give as they have determined, kind of like a pledge or vow. Thus, if one determines to give 10%, they're perfectly fine.

[Tithesmeister]

Originally Posted by Aquila

It's my understanding that according to the Law, the tithe was produce and live stock. If a farmer needed to redeem it for his family, he could tithe the monetary value of the produce and live stock, but, he had to pay a 5% penalty. Although I'm not clear on if it was 5% in addition to the tithe, or if was 5% of the tithe amount.

Either way, this is why some believe only tithing 10% of one's income in money violates the Law, if they profess to being lawkeepers.

Of course, many believe that under grace, one is to give as they have determined, kind of like a pledge or vow. Thus, if one determines to give 10%, they're perfectly fine.

Just to clarify. They would not give an additional five percent. They would give an additional 1/5 of the monetary value of their tithe. If their tithe was worth one thousand dollars, they could redeem it with twelve hundred dollars. It actually works out to twenty percent, when expressed as a percentage.

Also the tithe of flocks and herds were not to be redeemed. Only the tithe of the seed of the land and fruit of the tree.

In this case the money wouldn’t be tithed, it would instead be used to redeem the crops that had already been tithed. Redeemed meant to buy back, in this case.