1. Deal honestly in selling personal property
   • OT=Lev. 25:14

2. Pledges given for debt.
   1. Children given as pledges.
      • OT=LEv. 25:39-42; II Kings 4:1-7
      • NT=Matt. 18:23-25
   2. In the year of Jubilee. ( Every 50 years )
      • OT=Lev. 25:8-13

3. Israel commanded to have a just system of weights and measures.
   • OT=Lev. 19:35-36; Deut. 25:13-15; Prov. 11:1; 20:10; Amos 8:5; Micah 6:11
   • NT=Rom. 12:17; II Cor. 8:21; Phil. 4:8

4. Taxation under the law of God based on a system of tithes.
   • OT=Gen. 14:20; 28:22; Ex. 23:19; Lev. 27:30-33; Num. 18:24, 26-29; Deut. 12:6,11; 14:22-23,28; 16:10,17; 26:12; II Chron. 31:5-6,12; Neh. 10:37-38;13:12; Prov. 3:9; Mal. 3:8-11
   • NT=Matt. 23:23; Luke 11:42; 18:12; Acts 20:35; I Cor. 16:2; II Cor. 9:6-8; Heb. 7:2, 4-9
   1. Purpose of taxes.
      1. For redemption of persond ( Sin offering )
         • OT=Lev. 5:11; Lev. 14:21-24; 27:1-13
      2. For Temple services.
         • OT=Ex. 30:11-16; II Chron. 24:6,9
      3. As a tribute to governing powers.
         • NT=Matt. 22:15-21; Luke 2:1-3; 20:25; Rom. 13:6-7
      4. Census taken by the means of taxation.
         • OT=Num. 3:40,42-43
         • NT=Luke 2:1-3

   2. Amount of tithes.
      • OT=Gen. 28:22; Lev. 27:32
      • NT=Heb. 7:2,4
   3. Priests and attendants exempt from tax, toll, tribute or custom.
      • OT=Ezra 7:24
      1. One tenth of tithes of Israel given to the Levites.
         • OT=Num. 18:21-24

   4. Sacred obligations
      1. First born of the children of Israel given to Levites.
         • OT=Ex. 13:2,12,13,15; 22:29; 34:20; Num. 3:13; 8:16-18
         • NT=Luke 2:23
      2. First born of animals belong to God.
         • OT=Ex. 13:2,12,13; 22:30; 34:19-20; Deut. 15:19-22
      3. First fruits of foods belong to God.
         • OT=Ex. 22:29; 23:19; 34:26; Deut. 18:4; 26:10; Lev. 27:30
      4. The tithe belongs to God.
         • OT=Lev. 27:30; Mal. 3:8-10
         1. To be given without show.
            • NT=Matt. 6:1-4
         2. Give according to ability.
            • OT=Deut. 16:17
            • NT=I Cor. 16:1-2
         3. Give willingly and cheerfully.
            • OT=Ex. 35:2
            • NT=II Cor. 9:7
         4. Give liberally.
            • NT=II Cor. 9:6
         5. Atonement tax.
            • OT=Ex. 30:12-16
         6. Freewill offerings
            • OT=Lev. 1:3; 22:17-21,29; Num. 15:1-3; Deut. 16:10

   5. Abuses of taxation lead to:
      1. Rebellion
         • OT=I Kings 12:1-19
      2. Burdonsome indebtedness.
         • OT=Neh. 5:1-13
      3. Enslavement
         • OT=Neh. 9:30-37

5. Charging usery from Israelites from fellow Israelites forbidden.
   • OT=Ex. 22:25; Lev. 25:35-37; Deut. 23:19-20; Neh. 5:7,10-13; Psalm 15:1,5; Prov. 28:8; Is. 24:2; Jer. 15:10; Ez. 18:5; 8-10,13-14,17; 22:12
   • NT=Luke 6:34
   1. May lend at usery to strangers.
      • OT=Deut. 23:20
   2. The lending of anything to your brother.
      • OT=Deut. 24:10-13
      • NT=Matt. 5:42
      1. To lend to the needy.
         • OT=Deut. 15:7-11; Psalm 37:21,26; 112:5; Prov. 19;17
         • NT=MAtt. 5:42; Luke 6:34-35; I John 3:17

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