Do we have to pay tithes?

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Originally Posted by Tithesmeister

You are assuming.

They did have money.

They paid the half shekel offering with money, in the wilderness. The tithe was tied to the promised land. It was God's plan. It continued to be God's plan until Jesus was crucified. They did not tithe until they entered the promised land. They did give the half shekel offering (and yes, it was money) while they were in the wilderness. God never intended for tithes to be money. If He had, he would have surely said so. He is not the author of confusion.

Then there is this Exodus 30:15 "The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls."

"The "shekel of the sanctuary" ( Exodus 30:13 ; Numbers 3:47 ) was equal to twenty gerahs ( Ezekiel 45:12 )."So what about this word gerah? Now the gerah my friend is "A gerah Hebrew "גרה" is an ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency, which, according to the Bible, Exodus, 30:13, was equivalent to 1/40th of a shekel. God tells Moses, the payment for life ransom during the census taking is 1/2 a shekel, "which weighs twenty gerahs". This would make a whole gerah equal to 40 shekels. A shekel is 180 barleycorns or 60 carob divided by 20 = 3 carob. This is 0.568 grams." So we see that was a weight? A weight for what? It seems from the words in bold produce. That wasn't exactly money as we know it either... In fact the shekel is just a unit of weight. Especially in this time period.