TITHE, OFFERINGS, ALMS TITHE ANTIQUITY OF THE CUSTOM OF GIVING TO GOD'S MIMISTERS GEN 14:20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into you hand. And he gave him tithes of all. HEB 7:6 But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises. CONSIDERED A JUST RETURN TO GOD FOR HIS BLESSINGS GEN 28:22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that you will give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. CONSISTED OF A TENTH, OF ALL CATTLE LEV 27:32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of what so ever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the Lord. CONSISTED OF A TENTH, OF ALL THE PRODUCE OF THE LAND CONSISTED OF A TENTH, OF HOLY THINGS DEDICATED 2CH 31:6 And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the Lord their God, and laid them by heaps. GODS CHILDREN REPROVED FOR WITHHOLDING MAL 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me. But you say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. GODS CHILDREN SLOW IN GIVING NEH 13:10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field. THE PHARISEES SCRUPULOUS IN PAYING LUK 11:42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought you to have done, and not to leave the other undone. LUK 18:12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. PUNISHMENT FOR CHANGING LEV 27:33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. THE TENTH OF ANYTHING 1SA 8:15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. 1SA 8:16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. 1SA 8:17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and you shall be his servants. UNDER THE LAW, BELONGED TO GOD LEV 27:30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy unto the Lord. OFFERINGS ANTIQUITY OF GEN 4:3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. GEN 4:4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: COULD NOT MAKE THE OFFERER PERFECT HEB 9:9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; TITHE OFFERING LEV 27:30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy unto the Lord. NUM 18:21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. DEU 14:22 You will truly tithe all the increase of you seed, that the field brings forth year by year. ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE MESSIAH OFFERING HIMSELF EPH 5:2 And walk in love, as The Messiah also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savor. ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE CONVERSION OF THE GENTILES ROM 15:16 That I should be the minister of Yeshua The Messiah to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE CONVERSION OF THE JEWS ISA 66:20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Lord out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord. THE JEWS OFTEN DEFRAUDED GOD OF MAL 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me. But you say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. THE JEWS OFTEN GAVE THE WORST THEY HAD AS MAL 1:8 And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto you governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the Lord of hosts. MAL 1:9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the Lord of hosts. MAL 1:10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for naught? neither do you kindle fire on mine altar for naught. I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. MAL 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts. MAL 1:12 But you have profaned it, in that you say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. MAL 1:13 you said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and you have snuffed at it, saith the Lord of hosts; and you brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus you brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the Lord. THE JEWS OFTEN PRESENTED TO IDOLS EZE 20:28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savor, and poured out there their drink offerings. THE JEWS OFTEN SLOW IN PRESENTING NEH 13:10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field. NEH 13:11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. NEH 13:12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries. MADE BY STRANGERS TO BE THE SAME AS BY THE JEWS NUM 15:14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whoso ever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the Lord; as you do, so he shall do. NUM 15:15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourns with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as you are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. NUM 15:16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourns with you. REQUIRED TO BE BEST OF THEIR KIND MAL 1:14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. REQUIRED TO BE BROUGHT WITHOUT DELAY EXO 22:29 You will not delay to offer the first of you ripe fruits, and of you liquors: the firstborn of you sons will you give unto Me. EXO 22:30 Likewise will you do with thine oxen, and with you sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day you will give it Me. REQUIRED TO BE OFFERED IN LOVE AND CHARITY MAT 5:23 Therefore if you bring you gift to the altar, and there remembers that you brother hath ought against thee; MAT 5:24 Leave there you gift before the altar, and go you way; first be reconciled to you brother, and then come and offer you gift. REQUIRED TO BE OFFERED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS MAL 3:3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. REQUIRED TO BE OFFERED WILLINGLY LEV 22:19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. REQUIRED TO BE PERFECT LEV 22:21 And whoso ever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein. THINGS FORBIDDEN AS THE PRICE OF A DOG DEU 23:18 You will not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord you God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord you God. THINGS FORBIDDEN AS THE PRICE OF FORNICATION DEU 23:18 You will not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord you God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord you God. THINGS FORBIDDEN AS WHATEVER WAS BLEMISHED LEV 22:20 But what so ever hath a blemish, that shall you not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you. THINGS FORBIDDEN AS WHATEVER WAS IMPERFECT LEV 22:24 you shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall you make any offering thereof in your land. THINGS FORBIDDEN AS WHATEVER WAS UNCLEAN LEV 27:11 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the Lord, then he shall present the beast before the priest: LEV 27:27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to you estimation. TO BE MADE TO GOD ALONE EXO 22:20 He that sacrifices unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed. JDG 13:16 And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Though you detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if you wilt offer a burnt offering, you must offer it unto the Lord. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord. UNACCEPTABLE WITHOUT GRATITUDE PSA 50:8 I will not reprove you for you sacrifices or you burnt offerings to have been continually before me. PSA 50:9 I will take no bullock out of you house, nor he goats out of you folds. PSA 50:10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. PSA 50:11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. PSA 50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof. PSA 50:13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? PSA 50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: ALM MAT 6:1 Take heed that you do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise you have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. MAT 6:4 That thine alms may be in secret: and you Father which sees in secret himself shall reward thee openly. LUK 11:41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. ACT 10:2 A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always. ACT 10:31 And said, Cornelius, you prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. ACT 24:17 Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.