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   TITHE AS JACOB?   
      
   You tithe as Jacob did? Are you sure? Consider...   
      
   >> 1. There is no record of Jacob tithing anything to anyone, not one verse in   
   the entire Bible records a tithe from Jacob. So, therefore, it's pretty   
   foolish to claim you "tithe because Jacob did" with no proof that he ever   
   tithed.   
      
   Deuteronomy 4:2 - "Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither   
   shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD   
   your God which I command you."   
      
   Proverbs 30:5-6 - "Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who   
   take refuge in him. Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be   
   found a liar."   
      
   >> 2. Jacob's vow to tithe did not come from God, it came from Jacob. God did   
   not respond to Jacob, in fact, God did not even acknowledge his offer to tithe.   
      
   Notice God's promise to Jacob did not contain instructions to tithe... "And he   
   dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to   
   heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. And,   
   behold, the LORD stood    
   above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of   
   Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;   
   And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad   
   to the west, and to the    
   east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall   
   all the families of the earth be blessed. And, behold, I am with thee, and   
   will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again   
   into this land; for I will    
   not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of." -   
   Genesis 28:12-15   
      
   >> 3. Jacob added to God's word; Notice Jacob adding tithing to God's promise,   
   adding tithing to God's word THAT GOD DID NOT REQUIRE...   
      
   "And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was   
   called Luz at the first. 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 give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee." -   
   Genesis 28:19-22   
      
   >> 4. Notice Jacob adding tithing to God's promise, adding tithing to God's   
   word THAT GOD DID NOT REQUIRE...   
      
   "And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was   
   called Luz at the first. 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 give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee." -   
   Genesis 28:19-22   
      
   CONCLUSION   
      
   If you truly "tithe as Jacob did" you wouldn't be tithing at all. Jacob is not   
   an example of tithing, or any reason to tithe.   
      
   The word of God NEVER references Jacob as a reason to tithe, or an example   
   follow as a tithe payer.   
      
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