Most believers have raised so many questions that answers has not been provided. Some say " I know that God said we should pay tithes of all but where do will pay it, how do will pay it and to whom do we pay tithes. Please read through all and not some of these scriptures as captured by KJV. You may also take out the responsibility of searching this scriptures in other translations of the Bible. Remember study to show thyself approve a workman that needed not to be ashamed...
BIBLICAL
EXPLANATION ON TITHING
GEN 14:
18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and
he was the priest of the most high God.
19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the
most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine
enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and
take the goods to thyself.
22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand
unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
23 That I will not take from a thread even to a
shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou
shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
24 Save only that which the young men
have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and
Mamre; let them take their portion.
The above shows that Abram paid tithe of all. Paid it to a
high priest.
Leviticus 27:31 And if a man will at all redeem [ought] of his
tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth [part] thereof. PAYMENT OF PART OF TITHES ATTRACT 5% addition
Numbers 18:24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they
offer [as] an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to
inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they
shall have no inheritance.
The above clearly stated also that
tithes are for the Levites (Priests)
Numbers 18:26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When
ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them
for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the
LORD, [even] a tenth [part] of the tithe.
Numbers 18:28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the
LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye
shall give thereof the LORD'S heave offering to Aaron the priest.
Another question is, do the priest
consume the tithes? The answer from the above scriptures states clearly that after
the priest receives your tithe, he set out 10% of the total received tithes as
an offering to the Lord.
Who takes that Lord’s offering since
the Lord does not use our money or gold? That part is used for the widow
indeed, the fatherless, the needy or poor for their welfare by the Priest.
DEUT 12:
5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of
all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye
seek, and thither thou shalt come:
6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your
sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows,
and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your
flocks:
7 And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall
rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the
LORD thy God hath blessed thee.
8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this
day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance,
which the LORD your God giveth you.
DEUT 14
22
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth
forth year by year.
23
And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose
to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil,
and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to
fear the LORD thy God always.
24
And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or
if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to
set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
25
Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand,
and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:
26
And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for
oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy
soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt
rejoice, thou, and thine household,
27
And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for
he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
28
At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine
increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
29
And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the
stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates,
shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless
thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
Deut: 26
12
When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the
third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto
the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat
within thy gates, and be filled;
13
Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed
things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and
unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy
commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy
commandments, neither have I forgotten them :
14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I
taken away ought thereof for any unclean use , nor given ought
thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD
my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
The above scriptures suggests to me that you eat your tithe before
the Lord because you are not in your place of rest or inheritance yet. The
people of God where still in the wilderness. How can a man rob God if the same
God gave this commandment that it should be spent on lusts?
From
the above scripture, the Question is, who consumes the tithe, is it the giver
or the priest? Where is the Lord’s chosen place? And what do we use the tithe
for?
2 CHR 31
5
And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in
abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the
increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in
abundantly.
6
And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the
cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the
tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them
by heaps.
7
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them
in the seventh month.
8
And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the
LORD, and his people Israel.
9
Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
10
And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said,
Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the
LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath
blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
11
Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they
prepared them ,
12
And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully:
over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the
next.
13
And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and
Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the
hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the
king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over
the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the
most holy things.
15 And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and
Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set
office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the
small:
After the wilderness experience tithes and offerings were now stored
in God’s House to be administered by the priest who appoints keepers (rulers)
as revealed in the above scriptures.
Neh 13:
3
Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from
Israel all the mixed multitude.
4
And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of
the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
5
And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat
offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the
new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites,
and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.
6
But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and
thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after
certain days obtained I leave of the king:
7
And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for
Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
8
And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of
Tobiah out of the chamber.
9
Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again
the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense.
10
And I perceived that the portions of the
Levites had not been given them : for the Levites and the singers,
that did the work, were fled every one to his field.
11
Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken?
And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
12
Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto
the treasuries.
13
And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the
scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son
of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their
office was to distribute unto their brethren.
14
Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I
have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
I understand from the above scriptures that the tithe is meant to be
for the levites, and the singers. It
must be in the House of God and must be looked after by the treasurer
(Accountants of today’s church).
Malachi 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say,
Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
From the above scripture, we must obey
the law of tithing the same way we obey the commandment not to steal or covet
our neighbor’s property otherwise it is more terrible to fall into the hands of
God. Those who fail to pay tithes are robbing God.
Malachi 3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that
there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of
hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a
blessing, that [there shall] not [be room] enough [to receive it].
There is a stern command from God in
the above scriptures that tithe should be brought to the storehouse (a place in
the House of God) as previously seen.
The good news is that you do not obey this command in vein. There is a blessing which the believer’s room
will not be able to handle.
Matthew 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for
ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier
[matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done,
and not to leave the other undone.
Luke 11:42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue
and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these
ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
The above two scriptures reveal that we must not leave
tithing undone as well as the former.
Hebrews 7:5 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who
receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the
people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out
of the loins of Abraham:
The priests have been commanded to received
tithes from the children of God.
Hebrews 7:6 But he whose descent is not counted from them received
tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
Hebrews 7:8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he
[receiveth them], of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
Hebrews 7:9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes,
payed tithes in Abraham.
Even the Levites who receives tithe pay
tithes also
So, let nothing stop your tithing to the best of your ability. Whatever you see as an increase needs to be
tithed. Don’t let any devil or its agents deceive you. No amount of education or degrees acquired is
sufficient enough to interpret the scriptures but the Spirit of God that is in
Man. What you don’t understand in this
Kingdom can never work for you!
Remain blessed!
Pst. S.A.M. Oni
