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To "tithe" (meaning in both Hebrew and Greek "to give or take the tenth of") means to give a tenth of "all the increase" (Deuteronomy 14:22) derived from one's produce, property, or income, for the support of a religious purpose. The motivation to tithe is a worshipful recognition of God as the Creator and Possessor of the earth and everything in it, including ourselves.
Although tithing became a codified, or written, law under the covenant God made with Israel, it was historically practiced among those who were faithful to God before that covenant. Abraham, after his defeat of the four kings, tithed on the spoils of the war to Melchizedek, priest of God Most High (Genesis 14:18-22). Abraham obviously understood giving a tenth as the appropriate way to honor God with one's physical possessions. It is also noteworthy that Abraham gave the tenth to Melchizedek, a representative of the Creator God.
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