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According to Numbers 18:26-28, the Levites paid ten percent of the tithe to the priests (who were also part of the tribe of Levi).  Therefore, if the pastor is the New Testament equivalent of the Levitical priest, they should receive only got a small portion of the total tithe (ten percent of the tithe).
According to Numbers 18:26-28, the Levites paid ten percent of the tithe to the priests (who were also part of the tribe of Levi).  Therefore, if the pastor is the New Testament equivalent of the Levitical priest, they should receive only got a small portion of the total tithe (ten percent of the tithe).


For a detailed discussion on tithing, please see our article - [[Are Christians required to tithe?]]
=Quotes of William Branham=
 
In the following statement, William Branham states that his views are "scriptural", but he offers no biblical support for his opinion:


:'''''Would it be wrong to use tithes on church building funds?'''  
:'''''Would it be wrong to use tithes on church building funds?'''  
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:'''''The tithings goes into the church for the pastor and so forth like that to live on.''' And then the—the—the '''building funds and things like that is a separate fund altogether. Now, that—that is Scriptural.''' <ref>William Branham, 61-1015M - Questions And Answers, para. 176-180</ref>
:'''''The tithings goes into the church for the pastor and so forth like that to live on.''' And then the—the—the '''building funds and things like that is a separate fund altogether. Now, that—that is Scriptural.''' <ref>William Branham, 61-1015M - Questions And Answers, para. 176-180</ref>


While William Branham said it was "scriptural", he offered no biblical support for his views.
=Quotes of William Branham=
Tithes goes to the pastor:


:''Well now, here—here’s a touchy little thing for the church now. No, '''correctly tithes is to go to the minister.''' That’s right! In the Bible they had a box they’d set at the door in the Old Testament when the—building. This box was a fund where the people put in there for the repairing…You’ve read it many times in the Old Testament. They kept up the buildings and things like that… All the repairs on the building was taken care out of that fund. But a tenth of that went—a tenth of the tithings—all the tithings went to their priests, their pastors. Yes, tithings are to go for nothing else.<ref>William Branham, 61-1015M - Questions And Answers, para. 176</ref>


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