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377shall bless thee ; then shalt thouturn it into money, and bind upthe money in thy hand . . . andthou shalt bestow the money forwhatsoever thy soul desireth, foroxen, or for sheep, or for wine,or for strong drink, or for whatsoeverthy soul asketh of thee ;and thou shalt eat there beforeJehovah thy God, and thou shaltrejoice, thou and thy household ."The poor tithe-on the third andsixth years of every seven-yearperiod, instead of thesecond titheDeut. 14 :28, 29 "At the end ofevery three years thou shaltbring forth all the tithe of thineincrease in the same year, andshalt lay it up within thy gates :and the Levite, because he hathno portion nor inheritance withthee, and the sojourner, and thefatherless, and the widow, thatare within thy gates, shall come,and shall eat and be satisfied ;that Jehovah thy God may blessthee in all the work of thy handwhich thou doest ."Tithe of Levites to the priests-a tithe of the titheNum . 18 :26, 28, 29 "Moreoverthou shalt speak unto the Levites,and say unto them, Whenye take of the children of Israelthe tithe which I have given youfrom them for your inheritance,then ye shall offer up a heaveofferingof it for Jehovah, a titheof the tithe. Thus ye also shalloffer a heave-offering unto Jehovah. . . of all the best thereof,even the hallowed part thereofout of it."To the king-taxes; this mightvary according to taxes levied1 Sam . 8 :15 "And he will takethe tenth of your seed, and ofyour vineyards, and give to hisofficers, and to his servants ."Tithing Not the Weightier Partof the LawMatt . 23 :23, 24 "Woe to you,scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!Tithingbecause you give the tenth ofthe mint and the dill and thecummin, but you have disregardedthe weightier matters ofthe Law, namely, judgment andmercy and faithfulness . Thesethings it was binding to do, yetnot to disregard the other things .Blind guides, who strain out thegnat but gulp down the camel!"Luke 18 :11-14 "The Phariseestood and began to pray thesethings to himself : '0 God, Ithank you I am not as the restof men, extortioners, unrighteous,adulterers, or even as this taxcollector . I fast twice a week,I give the tenth of all things Iacquire.' But the tax collectorstanding at a distance was notwilling even to raise his eyesheavenward, but kept beating hischest, saying : '0 God, be graciousto me a sinner.' I tell you, Thisman went down to his homeproved more righteous than thatman ; because everyone thatexalts himself will be humiliated,but he that humbles himself willbe exalted ."Jesus Upheld Tithing WhileJewish Law Was in ForceLuke 11 :42 "But woe to youPharisees, because you give thetenth of the mint and the rueand of every other vegetable, butyou pass by the justice and thelove of God! These things youwere under obligation to do, butthose other things not to omit ."Tithing Ended When Law Abolishedby God Through ChristCol. 2 :13, 14 "Furthermore,though you were dead in yourtrespasses and in the uncircumcisedstate of your flesh,God made you alive togetherwith him . He kindly forgave usall our trespasses and blottedout the handwritten documentagainst us which consisted of decreesand which was in oppositionto us, and He has taken itout of the way by nailing it tothe torture stake ."