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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Feb 28, 1906

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By Editor

1780.—Use of the Tithe. Deut. 14:22-29.

Will you kindly explain the meaning of Deut. 14:22-29? It would seem from this scripture that we could appropriate the tithe as we please.

The regular tithe belonged to the Levites, the tithe of the Levites belonged to the priests, as is very clearly stated. There was another tithe, and some argue a third tithe, which was used for the entertainment of God's people at the place where they met together; but the regular tithe itself was used for the house of the Lord and the support of those who ministered there. You will see by Deut. 12:5-7 that to these gatherings of God's children was to be taken all their sacrifices and all their offerings, together with the tithe; and that was also intimated in the 14th chapter by the "firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks." See Neh. 10:37, 38. That the tithe should be brought to the Levites and the Levites should bring their tithes up to the house of God to the priests. Look up the related passages by the marginal references and you will see how clearly it is stated.