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   "Catherine Hampton"  wrote in message   
   news:jsi1tv8q14b7d5npqki70j71sje8uq8614@4ax.com...   
   > On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 11:09:46 GMT, "Christopher Robin"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >> Cain and Abel paid tithe to whom?  And which verse states that?   
   >   
   > >They gave the first fruits to GOD.   
   >   
   > Which is an entirely separate issue from tithing, a rule specific to the   
   Law   
   > of Moses.   
   Not entirely, no.   
      
   > The only mention of "ten percent" before Moses was when Abraham   
   > paid tribute to Melchisedek, priest of Salem.  (Later Jerusalem.)  I   
   shouldn't   
   > have to point this out, but Melchisedek was *not* God.  He was merely a   
   priest   
   > of God.   
   >   
   Another fine example of tithing predating the Old Covenant.   
      
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