Bible Dictionary: The Levites: The Tithes Given To, for Their Support

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Numbers 18:21,24
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.
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2 Chronicles 31:4,5
Moreover he commanded the people that dwelled in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.
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Nehemiah 12:44,45
And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the first fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
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Hebrews 7:5
And truly they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brothers, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:
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Library

Whether Tithes Should be Paid to the Clergy?
... Tithes were paid to the Levites in the Old Testament, because they had no portion
in the people's possessions ... But in the New Law the tithes are given to the ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether tithes should be paid.htm

part 1
... the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Thus speak unto the Levites, and say ... them, When
ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/tithing/part 1.htm

On the Management of the Resources Collected for the Support of ...
... is first ripe, to thee have I given it, and ... Those which were then first-fruits, and
tithes, and offerings ... your present deacons instead of your Levites; as are ...
/.../various/constitutions of the holy apostles/sec iv on the management of.htm

Whether Men are Bound to Pay Tithes of all Things?
... to provide a sufficient livelihood for the Levites who had ... usury, the usurer is bound
to pay tithes on the ... the latter is not gotten usuriously but given by God ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether men are bound to 3.htm

part 2
... on the principle of "unto whomsoever much is given, of him ... is superior to that of
the Levites, so is our obligation the greater to render tithes unto the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/tithing/part 2.htm

The Deputation from Jerusalem - the Three Sects of the Pharisees ...
... in all connected with religious dues (tithes and all ... to the Baptist of Priests and
Levites' from Jerusalem ... mentioned, the Sadducees must have given the name to ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter ii the deputation from.htm

How Xerxes the Son of Darius was Well Disposed to the Jews; as ...
... appoint judges according to the wisdom [given thee] of ... cultivating the land to bring
the tithes of their ... Jerusalem, that the priests and Levites having whereof ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 5 how xerxes the.htm

On the Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Commandments of the Church
... Two graces are given in penance, as you already know ... persons who served in the temple
of God, called Levites. ... what they called first-fruits, and tithes"that is ...
/.../kinkead/baltimore catechism no 4/lesson 36 on the third.htm

Reformation
... their zeal and fervor, and were reluctant to pay their tithes. ... the Sabbath." He also
directed the Levites to guard ... this man, to whom God had given great wisdom ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 57 reformation.htm

part ii.
... tithe of their yearly increase for the support of the Levites. ... fifth) required of
the Jews to be given for the ... For though the law of tithes or double tithes is ...
//christianbookshelf.org/clark/the faithful steward/part ii.htm