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Originally Posted by Pilgrum
Tithing was for the support of the Levits who did not have any inheritance in the land, for their work of maintenance and upkeep of the temple. It was also used to aid the poor, widows and strangers in the land. It was ALWAYS and ONLY paid in livestock and agriculture. So if you were a carpenter in old testiment times you were NOT required to tithe. This all changed with the passing of the old covenant and the new. It's very simple really.
Those who insist that we must tithe cannot provide an explanation as to why it is NEVER taught in the New Testiment. The reason is simple. Giving IS taught in the New Testiment.
This has been discussed in depth many times here. Like here for instance.
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I have always heard the tithing was on livestock and things of the land, but how do you explain this:
Luk 21:1 As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury.
Luk 21:2 He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins.
Luk 21:3 I tell you the truth, he said, "this poor widow has put in more than all the others.
Luk 21:4 All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on."
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