Types of Tithes

TYPES OF TITHES COMMANDED BY GOD FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL

As it is commanded by God to the children of Israel. There are four (4) types of Tithes the Lord has commanded for the children of Israel.

THE REGULAR TITHE
THE TITHE OF TITHES
THE ANNUAL TITHE
THE THIRD YEAR TITHE

THE REGULAR TITHE

Since the Levites have no Inheritance along with the rest of the children of Israel, God has ordained in Nums.18:20 – 24, the Regular Tithe. Read also DEUT. 18:1 – 7.

Then the Lord said to Aaron: “You shall have no inheritance in their land, nor shall you have any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel. 21 “Behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work which they perform, the work of the tabernacle of meeting. 22 Hereafter the children of Israel shall not come near the tabernacle of meeting, lest they bear sin and die. 23 But the Levites shall perform the work of the tabernacle of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a statute forever, throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. 24 For the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer up as a heave offering to the Lord, I have given to the Levites as an inheritance; therefore I have said to them, ‘Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.’” NKJV.

THE TITHE OF TITHE

The Tithe of Tithe is the Tithe commanded by God to the Levites, to be given to God, as recorded in Num. 18:25 – 28.

25 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 26 “Speak thus to the Levites, and say to them: ‘When you take from the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them as your inheritance, then you shall offer up a heave offering of it to the Lord, a tenth of the tithe. 27 And your heave offering shall be reckoned to you as though it were the grain of the threshing floor and as the fullness of the winepress. 28 Thus you shall also offer a heave offering to the Lord from all your tithes which you receive from the children of Israel, and you shall give the Lord’s heave offering from it to Aaron the priest. NKJV.

THE ANNUAL TITHE

The Annual Tithe is a unique Tithe. It is unique because, it is a Tithe that is not paid or given to any other person. The eleven Tribes of the children of Israel are commanded to travel with their families to Jerusalem and consume the Tithe at Jerusalem.
Deut. 14:22 – 27.

22 “You shall truly tithe all the increase of your grain that the field produces year by year. 23 And you shall eat before the Lord your God, in the place where He chooses to make His name abide, the tithe of your grain and your new wine and your oil, of the firstborn of your herds and your flocks, that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always. 24 But if the journey is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry the tithe, or if the place where the Lord your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, when the Lord your God has blessed you, 25 then you shall exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place which the Lord your God chooses. 26 And you shall spend that money for whatever your heart desires: for oxen or sheep, for wine or similar drink, for whatever your heart desires; you shall eat there before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household. 27 You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no part nor inheritance with you. NKJV.

THE THIRD YEAR TITHE

The Lord has commanded by law that all the Children of Israel by the end of every three years will bring all the Tithe of the year to the Levites, and the strangers, the fatherless, widows and orphans will benefit from it. Let us consider the following scriptures. Deut.14:28 – 29, & Deut.26:12 – 13.

Deut. 14:28-29 – 28 “At the end of every third year you shall bring out the tithe of your produce of that year and store it up within your gates. 29 And the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are within your gates, may come and eat and be satisfied, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do. NKJV

Deut. 26:12-13 – “When you have finished laying aside all the tithe of your increase in the third year — the year of tithing — and have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be filled, 13 then you shall say before the Lord your God: ‘I have removed the holy tithe from my house, and also have given them to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me; I have not transgressed Your commandments, nor have I forgotten them. NKJV.

Deut. 14:28-29 – 28 “At the end of every third year you shall bring out the tithe of your produce of that year and store it up within your gates. 29 And the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are within your gates, may come and eat and be satisfied, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do. NKJV.