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Three Tithes are mentioned: Levitical, Festival, and for the Poor every 3rd year. Some think there was only One Tithe, and that it was used partly for the festivals, and every 3rd year partly for the poor. Others think that the Festival Tithe was taken out of the 9/10 that was left after the Levitical Tithe had been paid.

The Tithe was in use long before the days of Moses. Abraham and Jacob paid Tithes. Among the Jews the Tithe was for the support of Leviticus; and Leviticus were used in civil government as well as in religious service, see on 1 Chronicles 23. Surely Christians should be willing to give as much for the maintenance of the Gospel as the Jews gave for their service; and even More.

First-Fruits. God claimed as His Own, not only the Tithes, but also the First-Born sons of all families (in lieu of whom he accepted the tribe of Levi), and the First-Born of all Flocks and Herds, and the First-Fruits of the field. The First-Fruits of the harvest were to be offered at Passover, and No Part of the New Crop could be used till this was done, Leviticus 23:14. The First Crop of a young orchard (the 4th year) was to be Given to God, and No Fruit of it could be used Till This Was Done, the idea being that it was Unclean until its produce had been dedicated to God.

FOOT NOTES
[1] This article is about the principle of retributive justice. For other uses, see Eye for an Eye (disambiguation). "Talion" redirects here. For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see Talion (Stargate SG-1).
The phrase "an eye for an eye", (al'ain bil'ain); Hebrew: ayin tahat ayin, is a quotation from Exodus 21:23�27 in which a person who has taken the eye of another in a fight is instructed to give his own eye in compensation. At the root of the non-Biblical form of this principle is that one of the purposes of the law is to provide equitable retaliation for an offended party. It defined and restricted the extent of retaliation. in the laws of the Hebrew Bible (e.g., Exodus 21:23�25, Leviticus 24:18�20, Deuteronomy 19:21).
[2] Ritual acts: a prescribed set of actions taken for religious purposes, such as a sacrifice.
[3] Hittites: An Indo-European people who migrated into Anatolia after 2000 B.C. and created an empire that challenged Egypt for control of Syro-Palestine during the mid-second millennium. They also produced a law code with parallels to biblical law.

[4] Exorcism: a ritual, including spells and incantations, designed to cast out or remove demons from persons or places.

[5] Babylonian, Babylon: Major Mesopotamian city located at the closest conjunction of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, which dominated the history of that area during several periods.

[6] Anybody looking forward to the "company" in hell needs to learn who they are. "But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone" (Revelation 21:8, NKJV). Contrast that crowd with the company the children of God will have in heaven (Hebrews 12:22-24.).

[7] The number seven shows up frequently in Jewish ceremonies. It symbolizes completeness and fullness. The number eight suggests a new beginning.

[8] It's worth noting that God doesn't put the anointing oil on man's flesh but on the blood. The Holy Spirit goes only where the blood has been applied.

[9] The priest followed a similar ritual when he cleansed the house infected with mildew or fungus.
[10] It is likely that this law also applied to a man's uncleanness from a nocturnal emission (Leviticus 22:4; Deuteronomy 23:0-11). The mark of the covenant was on the male member, and God had every right to give laws concerning it.
[11] Ritual Acts: a prescribed set of actions takenfor religious purposes, such as a sacrifice.
[12] Assyria: northern Mesopotamian area centered on the Tigris River. It has several periods of prominence, the most important from 1000 B.C., when the Assyrians conqured all of the Near East and produced a law code (Middle Assyrian code) that parallels biblical law.
Middle Assyrian (laws): published by Tiglath-Pileser I (1115-1077 B.C.), this code of laws contains many parallels with biblical law.
[13] Rosh Hushanah: Israel began her religious year with Passover (Exodus 12:1-2) and her civil year with the Feast of Trumpets (Leviticus 23:23-25). Unlike our modern New Year's Day, Rosh Hashanah for the Jews is a day of fasting, confession, worship, and prayer. We would do well to follow their example instead of the example of the world.
[14] John R.W. Stott, The Cross of Christ (Downers Grove, Ill.,: InterVarsity, 1986), 159.
[15] Tynsdale used this first in his translation of the Pentateuch, "the goote on which the lotte fell to scape" (Leviticus 16:10). Today, the scapegoat is a person who gets blamed for something he or she didn't do, or who willingly takes the blame in order to spare somebody else.
[16] Sumer: Akkad: Semitic peoples who entered Mesopotamia after 2400. They first served the dominant Sumerian rulers, but they were united under Sargon 1 (c. 2350 B.C.) as he conquered the non-Semitic cities of Sumer in southern Mesopotamia. His successor Naram-Sin (2250 B.C. to about 2220 B.C.) brought the Addadian empire to its height.
[17]
1. Purgation: A freeing from sin, guilt, or defilement: lustration, purification. See clean/dirty, religion.
2. The act or process of discharging bodily wastes or foreign substances: elimination, evacuation, excretion.
[18] Yahweh: one of the names for the Israelite God, sometimes anglicized as Jehovah. It is normall translated in English as "LORD."
The Hebrew term had been vocalized as (YeHoWah/JeHoVaH) in the Masoretic Text that was formed during the 7th-11th centuries. This is the text that underlies the Old Testament of the most circulated Holy Bible of the Christian world, the King James Version. Though, this vocalization had been disputed by Hebrew scholars from as early as 1604 A.D.
[19] See chapter 3 of he Apostolic Preaching of the Cross by Leon Morris (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1955)
[21] Apodictic Law: a type of legal statement which is in the form of a command, without explanation.
[20] Since God is the author of divine law, every disobedience is an offense ageist Him, even if committed against people or things (Psalm 51:4). However, some offenses are more directly related to our relationship with God, people, or things. The classifications merely a convenience, not a theological statement.
[22] Sumer: the southernmost area of ancient Mesopotamia, which produced the first true civilization in that country about 3500 B.C., invented cuneiform script and created many of the myths that sustained region for the next several millennia.
[23] Fertility Worship: in a society dominated by farming and herding, fertility is of utmost importance. This worship dominated religious practice in much of the ancient world. The principal gods were paired as male and female, and their rites were designed to insure plentiful rain, plant growth and bountiful harvests and herds. This worship could include sacrifices as well as sacred prostitution.
[24] Elam: country to the east of the Tigris River in modern Iran.
[25], and [25b] A Cult may refer to a cohesive social group devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding population considers to be outside the mainstream. In common or popular usage, "cult" has a positive connotation for groups of art, music, writing, fiction,[1] and fashion devotees (see Cult following), but a negative connotation for new religious, extreme political, questionable therapeutic, and pyramidal business groups.[2] For this reason, most, if not all, non-fan groups that are called cults reject this label.
Cultic Items: the organization and activities of a religious group, including sacrifice and other rituals.
[26] Ur-Nammu: Ur III king, father of Shulgi, who produced a law code that has some parallels with biblical law.
[27] Eshnunna: Mesopotamian city in the Diyla region east of modern Baghdad, which produced a short-lived kingdom between 2100 and 2000 B.C. and a law code which contains some parallels to Hammurabi's code and biblical law.
[28] Divination: a process of determining the will of the god(s) through the examination of natural phenomena (cloud formations, the entrails of sheep) or by casting lots.
[29] Hammurabi: Babylonian King (1792-750 B.C.) who compiled a law code that has a number of parallels with biblical law.
[30] Ugarit: northern Syrian seaport city which controlled the Mediterranean carrying trade from approximately 1600 to 1200 B.C., when it was destroyed by the Sea Peoples. Several Ugaritic epic stories have been discovered that help illumine biblical stories from the ancestral and settlement periods. Ugaritic culture is thought to approximate Canaanite culture.
[31] Baal: Canaanite and Ugaritic god of storms and fertility.
[32] El: the high god in the Ugaritic pantheon and also a generic term for a god. It would be added to a place name (e.g., Bethel or El Elohe Israel) to distinguish it as a place where a god has made his power manifest.
[33]
Covenant: a contractual agreement associated in the Bible with the agreement between Yahweh and the Israelites that promises land and children in exchange for exclusive worship and obedience.
[34] Believers today aren't under the Law of Moses (Romans 6:14; Romans 7:4; Galatians 2:19), but this doesn't mean we're allowed to be lawless. As we walk in the power of the Spirit, the righteousness demanded by the law is fulfilled in us (Romans 8:1). The old nature knows no law, but the new nature needs no law. The law reveals the holiness of god and awfulness of sin, and the great need we have for god's grace if we are going to please Him.
[35] Even though our Lord's priesthood belongs to the order of Melchizedek and not the order of Aaron (Hebrews Chapters 7-9), there's still a sense in which Aaron and his sons delineate the ministry of the great High Priest who was to come. For this reason alone, they should want to be their best and do their best.
[36] Aaron wasn't permitted to mourn the deaths of Nadab and Abihu, probably because they died from a judgement from God (Leviticus 10:1); and Ezekiel the prophet, who was also a priest, wasn't allowed to lament the death of his wife (Ezekiel 24:15-18). His behavior was a sign to the people, and it gave him an opportunity to preach.
[37] See Ralph Tunbull's classic book A minister's obstacles (Grand Rapids; Baker Book House, 1972), 9.
[38] Students disagree over how long the seven lamps on the lampstand burned. Was it day and night or just from sundown to dawn? Since the sun's rays couldn't shine through the tabernacle boards in the frame, the veil at the front, or the coverings of animal skins and fabric, the priests must have needed light in the Holy of Holies all day long. The high priest trimmed the wicks each morning and evening, checked the oil supply, and made sure the lamps would keep burning continuously (See Exodus 30:7-8).
[39] Timothy had a believing Jewish mother and an unbelieving Greek father, and he turned out well (Acts 16:1-2; 2 Timothy 1:5). Thus a mixed marriage, while not biblical (2 Corinthians 6:14-18), need not automatically condemn the children to failure. However, both Timothy's mother and grandmother taught him the Scriptures from his childhood, and this helped make a difference. Again, we aren't told where Timothy's father was. Perhaps he was dead or had deserted the family and therefore had no influence on his son.
[40] In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus dealt with blasphemy and revenge (Matthew 5:33-48), thus paralleling the topics in Leviticus 24:10-23. Perhaps both Moses and our Lord are saying, "If you have the fear of God in your heart, you won't try to retaliate when people mistreat you. Romans 13:1-7 is God's statement on the place of human government in society, and Romans 12:14-21 is God admonition to his people concerning personal insults and attacks.
[41] Opponents of capital punishment like to quote statistics to prove that executions are not a deterrent to crime. But using statistics either to defend or oppose capital punishment is a lost cause because there's no possible way to set up a "control" situation to test the statistics. The size and composition of the population of a state or city, puts the local laws and how they are enforced, have considerable bearing on the matter. Even the American humanist lawyer Clarence Darrow, an enemy of capital punishment, had to admit, "It is a question that cannot be proven one way or the other by statistics." During his career, Darrow defended one hundred accused murders, and not one was executed. See Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History, selected by William Safire (New York: W. W. Norton, 1992), 327-35.

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The Third Book Of Moses

Leviticus