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The new generation of Israelites needs to hear the law first-hand, so for a second time, Moses presents the law, this time about the tithe.
Each family must travel to the city where the Temple is situated. There, they are to eat the tithe of the grain, wine, olive oil, and firstborn of herds and flock with his family in the presence of God.
By this, they will learn to honor God always.
Alternatively, they are to convert the tithes to cash if the distance is very far and buy meat and wine needed for the feast with the money.
At the end of every three years, tithes of that year’s produce must be stored up for Levites, strangers, widows, and fatherless.
Although the tithing principle was adopted as a practice in Christianity, tithing in its scriptural details was for the Jews in their national religion, Judaism.
In the sixth chapter of the Book of Galatians, Paul urged those who receive instruction in the Word to participate in “all good things” that the teachers have
Paul is not specifically talking about money or payment here
Rather, now that they have been trained to a self-sufficient maturity, they should enter into a generous everyday life with those who have trained them
No one makes a fool of God; each man will harvest what he plants
Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will reap destruction, in the present life and the age to come, but those who live to please the Spirit will have everlasting life from the Spirit
They should not be tired of good doing, only if they continue in it will they reap the harvest at the right time
In addition, they should be sensitive to the opportunity to do good, especially to other believers.