Question
I have a question as usually, please I would like to have sound understanding and am writing booklet on the teaching of tithe in OT and offering in NT church (Deuteronomy 14:22-29)
Answer
Tithe or Free Will Contribution?
The Law or the Gospel?
Galatians 5:1-4; Colossians 2:13-17
| ✡ Israel was to give a tithe of all the produce of the land – Leviticus 27:30-33; Deuteronomy 14:22 | ✞ Christians are to give to the local church each first day of the week – 1 Corinthians 16:1-2 |
| ✡ The tithe was to be given to the Levites – Numbers 18:21-24 | ✞ by free will – 2 Corinthians 8:3-5 |
| ✡ The Levites were to give the priests a tithe of the tithe – Numbers 18:25-26 | ✞ as prospered – 2 Corinthians 8:12 |
| ✡ The tithe was to be taken to the tabernacle – Deuteronomy 12:5-6; 14:22-26 | ✞ bountifully – 2 Corinthians 9:5-6 |
| ✡ Every third year a tithe was to be shared with Levites, strangers, fatherless and widows at home – Deuteronomy 14:27-29; 26:12-15 | ✞ as purposed – 2 Corinthians 9:7 |
| ✡ The tithe, as part of the Law of Moses, was done away when Christ died – Colossians 2:15-16; Hebrews 7:5 | ✞ cheerfully – 2 Corinthians 9:7; cf. 8:1-2 |
Where is the tithe?
- not in the “moral law” – Exodus 20:1
- not in the gospel – 2 Corinthians 9:7
- in the “ceremonial law” – Leviticus 27:30-32; Deuteronomy 14:28-29
The tithe was of all their produce – Deuteronomy 14:22
When they brought it to the sanctuary, they were to eat a joyful, sacrificial meal to the Lord, to learn to fear Him – Deuteronomy 14:23
If it was too far to the sanctuary, they could exchange the crop for money – Deuteronomy 14:24-26
They were to include the Levites in the meal – Deuteronomy 14:27
