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Tenth - a Christian perspective


The Christian practice of tithing (giving a tenth of one's earnings to charity and the church) has its basis in Old Testament passages like this, in which Biblical character dedicate a portion of their wealth to God.
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Genesis 28:20-22 (KJV)

 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:

 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt…

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- 1 Corinthians 13:1-3
Today's passage is from the New International Version of the Bible
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