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The law comes a second time to the new generation of Israel who needs to hear the law first-hand; 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 their family in God’s presence.
By this, they will learn to honor God always.
Alternatively, they are to convert the tithes to cash if their allotted land is far away and buy with the money, meat, and wine needed for the feast.
At the end of every three years, tithes of that year’s produce must be stored up for Levites, strangers, widows, and fatherless.
These specifications were for the Jews in their national religion; Judaism, only the principle is adopted by the Church
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 was 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 common life with those who have taught them
No one makes a fool of God; each man will harvest what he plants
Those who live only to satisfy their 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.