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This is wrong for a number of reasons:

#Abraham was not under obligation to pay tithes, he paid them freely;

#Abraham was '''not under obligation''' to pay tithes, he paid them freely;

#Abraham only paid tithes once in his life, not every year;

#Abraham only '''paid tithes once in his life''', not every year;

#Abraham didn't tithe on his income ~~but~~ '''just~~'''~~ on his plunder from war; and

#Abraham '''didn't tithe on his income''' but just on his plunder from war; and

#Abraham also was required to be circumcised as part of the covenant, does that mean that circumcision is also required today?

#Abraham also was '''required to be circumcised''' as part of the covenant, does that mean that circumcision is also required today?

:''Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, t“Cursed is everyone who is hanged uon a tree”— 14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Ga 3:13–14.</ref>