[cuban leaf]

However, just because something is an Old Testament teaching, doesn’t mean it isn’t applicable to today. Since the tithe was to provide for the livelihood of the priests, I think we should do the same for our churches today.

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I think it was their equivalent of what we today call taxes. They were a theocracy and the money was used for all sorts of things like “famine protection” and other stuff. Their priests really had a lot of “governing official” type of roles. It was often “religious” in that God told them to do it.

I honesly think God was “teaching” them to be civilized.

[tnlibertarian]

I honesly think God was “teaching” them to be civilized.

When I read through the Old Testament and see the ways in which God chose to reveal Himself during that time to His people, and sometimes have a hard time understanding why He did certain things and gave certain commandments, I often come back to your reason right there.