“ Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.”

If you’ve been in church long enough you will have heard this scripture aplenty. It is usually used in the context of teaching on the tithes and offerings, which typically follows the lines of “if you give your tithe (10% of your finances) to God then He will return the favour by blessing you financially. And we can test Him in this, He even asks of it!” The aim of this deep dive though is to challenge this preconceived teaching. To do so with an exploration of this passage in the light of the context, literary and historical, along with the covenantal relationships as found in the Old Testament.

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