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==The total tithing requirement== | ==The total tithing requirement== | ||
When you add up all of the tithing requirements, this is the result: | There are a couple of interpretations on tithing as follows: | ||
===Single tithe system=== | |||
When you add up all of the tithing requirements if there was only one tithe, this is the result: | |||
*Year 1 - Party tithe = 10% | |||
*Year 2 - Party tithe = 10% | |||
*Year 3 - Poor tithe = 10% | |||
*Year 4 - Party tithe = 10% | |||
*Year 5 - Party tithe = 10% | |||
*Year 6 - Poor tithe = 10% | |||
*Year 7 - no tithing required = 0% | |||
This would amount to just under 8.6% but doesn't make a great deal of sense given that the Levites would really be in trouble under this system. | |||
===Two tithe requirement=== | |||
Rabbinical Judaism states that the tithes were two-fold; the annual tithe to the Levites and a separate tithe for the party and the poor. | |||
When you add up all of the tithing requirements of the double tithe requirement, this is the result: | |||
*Year 1 - First tithe + party tithe = 20% | *Year 1 - First tithe + party tithe = 20% | ||