<P> Unlike other offerings which were restricted to consumption within the tabernacle , the second tithe could be consumed anywhere . On years one , two , four and five of the Shemittah - cycle , God commanded the Children of Israel to take a second tithe that was to be brought to the place of the Temple ( Deuteronomy 14 : 23 ) . The owner of the produce was to separate and bring 1 / 10 of his finished produce to the Old City of Jerusalem after separating Terumah and the first tithe , but if the family lived too far from Jerusalem , the tithe could be redeemed upon coins ( Deuteronomy 14 : 24 -- 25 ) . Then , the Bible required the owner of the redeemed coins to spend the tithe `` to buy whatever you like : cattle , sheep , wine or other fermented drink , or anything you wish '' ( Deuteronomy 14 : 26 ) . Implicit in the commandment was an obligation to spend the coins on items meant for human consumption . </P>
<P> Unlike other offerings which were restricted to consumption within the tabernacle , the second tithe could be consumed anywhere . On years one , two , four and five of the Shemittah - cycle , God commanded the Children of Israel to take a second tithe that was to be brought to the place of the Temple ( Deuteronomy 14 : 23 ) . The owner of the produce was to separate and bring 1 / 10 of his finished produce to the Old City of Jerusalem after separating Terumah and the first tithe , but if the family lived too far from Jerusalem , the tithe could be redeemed upon coins ( Deuteronomy 14 : 24 -- 25 ) . Then , the Bible required the owner of the redeemed coins to spend the tithe `` to buy whatever you like : cattle , sheep , wine or other fermented drink , or anything you wish '' ( Deuteronomy 14 : 26 ) . Implicit in the commandment was an obligation to spend the coins on items meant for human consumption . </P>
where was tithe first recorded in the bible
where was tithe first recorded in the bible
Deuteronomy 14 : 24 -- 25
Deuteronomy 14 : 24 -- 25