Since the Old Covenant priest served God and received tithes, should not the New Covenant minister who serves God also receive tithes?
In reality, Old Covenant priests did NOT receive the tithe! According to Numbers 18:26-28 and Nehemiah 10:38, the ministering priests only received one-tenth of the tithe, or one-percent of the total. Since this one-percent cannot be interpreted as a New Covenant principle, and since this one-percent would not be sufficient in many Christian churches, this fact is totally ignored in modern tithing. Therefore, in violation of Numbers 18, many tithe-supporters want to be paid (and often must be paid) from much more than one percent of the total income and also want to own property. Again, the old principles are not for the New Covenant.
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