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A tithe, means the tenth-part of something, usually income, paid to a religious organization. A tithe can be seen as a tax, a fee for a service or a voluntary contribution. Tithing came from the Book of Numbers. In ancient Israel, the tribes of Levites were the priests. The other tribes gave tithes to the tribes of Levies because they had been given no land in Canaan. Tithes may be money or crops or other valuable thing.

Mosaic law

Under the Laws of Moses a tenth part is given to the priests. Then, the priests were required to give a tenth part of what they received as an offering to God. These tithes were paid once a year.

Europe

In France, tithes were taxes levied by The Roman Catholic Church before the French Revolution. Tithes were levied on the Third Estate (common people), which made up about 98% of the French population. The Tithes were taxes for land owned by members of the Third Estate. The tithe was abolished after the creation of The New Constitution of France in 1791, when the Constitution was completed.

Images for kids

  • Tithe Pig Group of Derby Porcelain c 1770

    The Tithe Pig, group in Derby Porcelain, c. 1770

  • Monier22

    Tithing in the Temple by Pierre Monier

  • Kollektstav

    A collection bag used in the Lutheran Church of Sweden to collect a portion of ones' tithes during the offertory

  • Tithes poster 1837

    Public notice in England demanding tithe payments, 1837

  • Elmsett tithe memorial, Suffolk

    Elmsett tithe memorial in Suffolk, England opposite the parish church, protesting against a tithe seizure

  • Commanderie Coulommiers cour grange aux dimes

    Knights Templar tithe barn (la grange aux dîmes) with red roof, Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne, France

  • Casa reina mora

    Casa de los Diezmos, Canillas de Aceituno, Málaga, Spain

  • East Dundry, Bristol 1842 tithe map

    Part of an 1842 tithe map including the small village of East Dundry near Bristol, England with names of its fields and two farms. Note the tithe-officer signature and stamp near the top.

  • The tithe barn, Abbotsbury near Weymouth

    The Tithe Barn, Abbotsbury, Dorset (scene of the sheep-shearing in Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd)

  • Tithe Barn at Bradford on Avon

    [Tithe barn]] at Bradford on Avon, West Wiltshire

  • Tithe Barn Pilton interior

    Interior of the medieval tithe barn at Pilton, Somerset

  • GrangeBarn-interior

    Coggeshall near Braintree, Essex; the timber has been dated to between 1130 and 1270.

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