Was tithing practiced before Gods national covenant with Israel?
Abraham and Jacob both understood and practiced tithing. Abraham gave a tithe of all the spoils of a rescue mission (Genesis 14:20); and Jacob, upon coming to a closer relationship with God, promised to give God a tithe (a 10th, 10 percent) of the blessings God would pour out on him (Genesis 28:22). Did the priests and Levites tithe? God gave a tithe to the Levites for their work in the tabernacle and as an inheritance (Numbers 18:21, 24). From the tithes they received, they were also to pay tithes (verse 26). Among the Levites God selected Aaron and his family to serve as priests (Exodus 4:14; Numbers 3:10). Because Aaron and his family were also Levites, they, too, would have been expected to tithe. Was tithing just for Israel? God’s intent was for Israel to be a model for other nations (Deuteronomy 28:1). In Romans 2:6-15 the apostle Paul explains that all nations will be judged by the same law of God. The Christianity of the Bible does not deny that law or its connection with Israe
