22 "As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat,
summer and winter, day and night will never cease."
2 Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold.
Genesis 14:18-20 (NIV)
18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem [a] brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, 19 and he blessed Abram, saying,
"Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.
20 And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand." Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
Genesis 28:22 (NIV)
22 and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God's house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth."
Exodus 23:19 (NIV)
19 "Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. "Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk.
Leviticus 27:30-33 (NIV)
30 " 'A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD. 31 If a man redeems any of his tithe, he must add a fifth of the value to it. (Read Entire Passage)
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