THE THREE TITHES of Deuteronomy
The Feasts of the Lord tithe was the first and therefore the most important of the tithes. This tithe was given 3 times a year during the 3 required feasts The tithes were taken from the recent harvest. SPRING - Passover was the Barley harvest and the first fruits of the herds, lambs and goats, calves Feast of Weeks - Wheat harvest Tabernacles - Fruits, nuts, wine harvest We rarely if ever hear of this tithe because in puritan ethics it is wrong to enjoy physical things. Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year. Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine, and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name, so that you may learn to revere the Lord your God always. Dueteronomy 14:22-23 Conditional options covert to silver for traveling great distances But if that place is too distant and you have been blessed by the Lord y