The Second Tithe

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 15, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 50.

894. Deut. 14 : 26-28.

If the tithe belongs to the Levite, how had the man a right to use it for what his soul lusted after?

The tithe referred to here is a second tithe. The first tithe belonged to the Levite and priests. Num. 18 : 24-28. After that a second tithe was taken, which was eaten before the Lord the first and second year, and in the third year was given to the poor. Deut. 14 : 28, 29. In the fourth and fifth years it was again eaten by the owners, and in the sixth year given to the poor. The seventh year—a sabbath to the Lord—all things were common. Ex. 23 : 10, 11. A people who were living in the light would not lust after things displeasing to God.