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Originally Posted by Jacob's Ladder
Praxeas,
We read in Genesis 14-11,12,14,
11) The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food; then they went away.
12) They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.
14) He (Abraham) recovered all the goods and brought back his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the other people.
The scriptures clearly read that Abraham "recovered" that which didn't belong to him. He tithed from property that wasn't of his ownership?
Praxeas, humor me, yes? If I burglarized your home and took $50,000 from your sock drawer, would I be required to tithe ten percent of that $50,000? A simple no or yes would suffice.
Okay, let's assume Abraham tithed ten percent of recovered and stolen property to Melchizedek. How does one conclude tithing is required from that isolated event on this day and hour?
Regards,
Jacob's Ladder
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That he recovered the lost possessions was never in doubt.
Abraham did not tithe on other people's possesssions. He tithed on what he gained from the war with the other kings, not on the King of Sodom's possessions.
How do we know that?
After tithing he then gives ALL of the King of Sodom's possessions in return.
Abraham did not steal anything.
Abraham defeated the confederate kings. It's a common biblical principle, to the victor belong the spoils
Example:
Num 31:9 The Israelites took the women of Midian captives along with their little ones, and took all their herds, all their flocks, and all their goods as plunder.
Num 31:10 They burned all their towns that they had inhabited and all their encampments.
Num 31:11 They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals.
1Ch 26:26 This Shelomoth and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries of the dedicated gifts that David the king and the heads of the fathers' houses and the officers of the thousands and the hundreds and the commanders of the army had dedicated.
1Ch 26:27 From
spoil won in battles they dedicated gifts for the maintenance of the house of the LORD.
Exo 3:22 But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her that stays in her house, jewels of silver and jewels of gold and clothing. And you shall put them upon your sons and upon your daughters.
And you shall plunder the Egyptians.
2Ki 7:16
And the people went out and plundered the tents of the Syrians. And it happened, a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the Word of Jehovah.
That is what Hebrews tells us
Heb 7:4 See how great this man was to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a
tenth of the spoils!
He did not steal anything. He won these in war. That is what your bible says.
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