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[Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

Dear John,

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John B. Senterfitt" <mille-man AT cox.net>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>; <STORMVOLCANO AT aol.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] TITHING


> Here is an excerpt from ISBE:
>
> Genesis 28:20-22 records Jacob's vow to tithe all of the increase that God
> would give him. This was predicated upon the supposition that God would 
> care
> for him and prosper his way; the Lord would be Jacob's God, and he would
> give a tenth to confirm that fact. The tithe went to support "God's 
> house,"
> symbolized by the pillar (v 22); this proleptically demonstrated a major
> purpose of the tithe in later Israel, namely, the care of God's house.
> v verse(s); versus
> Bromiley, Geoffrey W.: The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia,
> Revised. Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1988; 2002, S. 4:862
>
> Maybe this will prove to be a welcome change of subject in the group.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <STORMVOLCANO AT aol.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 2:31 PM
> Subject: [b-hebrew] TITHING
>
>
> > WHAT IS THE HEBREW PURPOSE OF TITHE IN THE HEBREW TEXT?
> >
> >
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