Oops of the Day

The Jews gave ten percent of their income as a tithe to the temple every year

Deuteronomy 14:22-28;   Deuteronomy 26:12;  Leviticus 1-5;   Leviticus 27:2;  Numbers 21:2; I Samul 1:11;  II Samuel 15:7-8;  Psalm 22:11,  Psalm 25;   Pslam 66:13; Psalm 76:11;  Psalm 116:8,14,18-19;   Job 22:27;   Jonah 1:7-9

Fact Of the Day

No!   It was much more. A good Jew gave about 1/3 of his income, not just 1/10th…the Jews had to give an extra tithe every three years for their welfare program. (2) They had to pay for their vows, which in many cases were really special prayer requests. (3) They had to buy animals for sacrifices for intentional sins, unintentional sins and sins requiring restitution. (4) If they wanted to thank God for anything, they had to buy grain for a sacrifice (Leviticus 1-5). If they didn’t have to buy the animals or grain, they had to take them out of their own supply, thus depleting their own “pay check.” (5) And every time one of their flocks or herds had a first-born, they had to sacrifice it ~ another depleting of the “pay check.”