AARON, to receive tithes, 26
Aben Ezra, on third tithe, 34
Abram, Altars built by, II

his tithe obligatory, 16
Ahaz, Religion under, 68
Ahijah, Offering to, 63

Alms, distribution organized, 130
Altar, First recorded, II

Am-ha-aretz and "uninstructed," 108
how regarded, 109
Amos, mention of tithes, 68
Sarcastic words of, 67
Ananias and Sapphira, Fraud of, 129
instances of covetousness, 19
Anarchist, A spiritual, 148
Annual claim of firstfruits, 38
Antioch, Practical Christianity at, 132
Apocrypha, No repeal of tithes in, 85
principles enunciated, 86
reasons for almsgiving, 86
Summary of evidence in, 85
Value of, 78

Arabs, Present custom of, 10
Argives, consecrated a tenth, 58
Asa, Dedication of spoil by, 64

Reformation under, 64
Ashtaroth, House of the, 58
Athaliah, Sacrilege of, 66

BABYLONIA, temple support, 15
Babylonian influence in Canaan, 14
Barnabas, consecrated money of, 128
Belshazzar, a tithe-payer, 15
Beneficence, Examples of, 64

in days of Christ, 105
Benefits, Israel's, from tithe-paying, 36
Benhadad, Religious offering of, 65
Benjamites, Wrongdoing of, 54
Beth-shemesh, Offerings at, 56
Bokhara, author's inquiries about
taxes, 35

Vow of Author's interpreter, 17
Brahman's Code of Laws, 35

British Museum, Receipts for tithe, 15

Calcutta, Author at Kali Temple, 29
Calves, golden, Support of worship, 68
Canaan, New light upon, 13
Capernaum, Centurion at, 106
Carthaginians, Tithes conceded by, 16
Centurion, Favour shown by, 106

attitude to our Lord, 112
Chaber, Higher vow of, 8
Charge, fixed, upon Israelites, 39
Chest, for offerings, and tax, 66
Cheyne, Prof., Reference to, 20
Christians, Early, devotion of pro-
perty, 128

tithe-paying at Jerusalem, 133
zealous for the law, 133
Chrysostom, on three tithes, 33
City wall, dedicatory sacrifices, 74
Claims, Fixed, upon Israelites, 37
Comparison of tithes, 29

Conference, on Gentile converts, 133
Corban, misapplied, 121

Corinthians, liberality urged, 142, 144
Cornelius, addressed by Peter, 131
- Almsgiving of, 130

Prayers and alms of, 106

Corners, of Israelites' fields, 38
Council of Trent, suggests a tithe, 35
Cuneiform writings, New light upon
Canaan by, 13

Cyrus, gifts and offerings to Jews, 71
restores sacred vessels, 71

DAVID, Altar built by, 60
anointed at feast, 58

- appoints service for Levites, 60
first war trophy, 58

- his example followed, 60
- materials for temple, 60
- sacrifices and offerings, 59
spoils of war, 58

Declaration of tithe-payers, 96

on offering third tithe, 46
Dedication of second temple, 72
Deductions, fixed, on increase, 40
- from crop of Israelites, 43
Defection from law, rebuked, 73
Demai, Book of, 98

-

bearing on host and guest, 100
bread to be tithed, IOI
buying and selling, 99
corn to redeem, 101

· farming a field, 102

opinion of Maimonides, 98

Demai, and the "Uninstructed," 99
tithe, Exemption from, 98
Redemption of, 99

Demetrius, Promise of, 80
Discrimination in almsgiving, 82, 85
Dishonesty, how shown, 26
Ditchfield, Rev., Illustration by, 138
Divorce, through neglect of tithing, 110|
Driver, Prof., quoted, 47

Duke, Rev., argument for tithes, 140
Duty of Israelite, in tithes, 45
Duty of offerings, Recognition of, 12

Gibeon, Offerings of Solomon at, 60
Gideon, under oppression of Midian, 54
Gilyaks, Custom of, IO
Givers, Three large, 124
Gleanings, to be left, 38

HEAPS, of abundant offerings, 69
Heliodorus, supports Jews' temple, 86
vows on recovery, 80

Herod the Great, rebuilds temple, 106
Hezekiah, appoints overseers, 69
chambers for offerings, 69
commands Levites' portion, 69
inference from reformation, 70
Passover kept, 69

Priests and Levites restored, 68
restores true worship, 68
result of reformation, 70
sacrifices and offerings, 68
tithes and firstfruits, 69
Hospitality, a Christian duty, 141
to strangers, 143

Hypothesis, for origin of tenth, 19
- Objection to, 21
Hyrcanus, abolished declaration, 96

INTERPRETER, Vow of, 17
Isaac, Altar built by, II
Israel, Oath of, concerning tithe, 74
Israelites, benefits from tithes, 36
Italy, rate of taxation, 35

JACOB, Altar built by, 11
pillar set up, II
Vow of, 17

Jaipur, Author witnesses sacrifice, 29
Jehoiada, Declension of, 67
Jehu, proclaims a sacrifice, 66
Jephthah, Vow of, 55

Jeroboam, imitates Mosaic law, 63
Jerome, testimony on three tithes, 33
Jerusalem, offerings of captives, 72

place for sacrifices, 29

Jesus Christ, Allegiance to law, 114
approval of tithe-paying, 122
attitude towards tithing, 109
consulted by Pharisees, III
encouragement to giving, 119
direct teaching on tithes, 117
division of money, 115
enjoined habit of giving, 118
example and teaching, 105
his claim to consecration, 120
how regarded at Nazareth, 110
by people, III
inference as to tithing, 125
laid foundation principles, 118

not accused of withholding

tithe, 147

personal example, 113

position as to tithe-paying, 110
regard to Mosaic laws, 117
Stater paid by, 115

taught motives of giving, 118
three items of expenditure, 115
Jewish sacrifices, Nature of, 29
Jews, in Lemberg, 39

tenth, and its application, 77
Three parties among, 107
Traditional law of, 87
Joakim, priestly service, 79
Joash, Collections by, 66
Jonah, Sacrifice of, 66

Joppa, Peter restores Tabitha, 130

Josephus, consulted in youth, III
declining to take tithes, 106
on third tithe, 33

record of Ananias, 106
witness to tithe-paying, 133

Joshua, enforced Jewish Laws, 53
passover observed, 53
Josiah, Covenant of, 70

collection for temple repairs, 70
gifts for Passover, 70
restores true worship, 70
Judas Maccabeus, Sin offering of, 81
Judea, taxation under Maccabees, 35
Judges, Lawlessness under, 54

unsettled time, 54

Judith, Book of, practice of vows, 79
dedicates stuff of Holofernes, 80

LAW, divine, as working institution, 75
for tithe, its obscurity, 23
in the Pentateuch, 24
unwritten in Genesis, 20

how abrogated, 138
of vows and offerings, 41

Lemberg, Jewish ceremony, 114
Leslie, quoted, 139
Levites, Apathy of, 66

cities and support, 75
- claim rights, 53

themselves to pay tithe, 26
Levites' tithe, The, 25

a divine claim, 26

Leviticus, law for tithes therein, 24

Lightfoot, quoted, 98

Lord's, or first tithe, The, 25

Lydia, Hospitality of, 141

rule of, 88

92

figs, Tithing of, 89

when exempt from tithing, 90
fruit, manner of tithing, 88
produce, when sale forbidden, 92
Rabbi Simeon, on tithing, 91
seeds, exempt from tithe, 92
Maaser Sheni, or second tithe, 92
declaration of tithe-payers, 96
Exchange of, 93

Hyrcanus, abolished formula, 97
of what it consisted, 92
presents, when allowed, 93
Rabbi Judah, on unclean fruit, 94
Rabbi Simeon, opinion quoted,
94, 95
Redemption of, 95

Maccabees, Rabbis in time of, 88
- Taxation under, 35

Maimonides, tithing described, 25
on the Demai tithe, 98
on poor's tithes, 31

- opinion on third tithe, 34
quoted, 38

Malachi, rebuke of robbers, 73

tithe challenge, The, 73
Manoah, offers sacrifice, 55
Manu, Code of, 35

Melchizedek, Abram's tithe to, 13
- his priestly acts, 16

why greater than Abram, 15
Mesha, Religious dedication of, 65
Michaelis, on third tithe, 31
Mishna, or Text of Talmud, 88

Author's extracts from, 88
known by our Lord, 123
referred to, 38

- Translation of, 88

what it embodied, 104
Mizpeh, gathering of tribes, 55

Israel meets for sacrifice, 57
Monarchy, Israelitish, Period of, 57
Money, of unknown origin, 21
Mosaic law, Adaptability of, 76
Israel's return to, 76

observed by our Lord, 114
tithes, no burden, 62
Mugheir, site of temple at, 14
Music, of unknown origin, 21

mention of tithes, 73

Nicodemus, a Pharisee, 124
Noah, Sacrifice of, II
Naaman, four obligations of, 108
Numbers, Disposal of tithes in, 25

OBADIAH, Beneficent act of, 64
Offerings, not obligatory, but accepted,
40

Opinions on third tithe, 30
Origin of tithing, primeval, 22
Ornan, Threshing-floor of, 60

PARTIES, among Jews, 107
Passover offerings, 71
Patriarchal tithe-paying, 7
Paul, as almoner, 132, 134
charge to Corinth, 136
commends Philippians, 137
example in giving, 144
experienced tithe-payer, 145
forgoes rightful claims, 147
- hospitality, a duty, 141
method of raising funds, 136
on Macedonian liberality, 142
on payment of taxes, 143
on recipients for alms, 142
on support of ministry, 137
- principle in almsgiving, 137
speech before Felix, 135
two great principles, 140
- zeal in almsgiving, 134
Peake, quoted, 31

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Pentateuch, written laws in, 24
Peter, inference as to tithing, 131

resemblance to Pharisee, 132
Peter and John, duty recognized, 128
Petrie, Prof., Reference to, 20
Pharisee, a critical host, 124

Pre-Mosaic tithe-paying, 7
Present, of Cain and Abel, 9
religious, sent by Jeroboam, 63
Presentation, Ceremony of, 114
Priest, his portion of offering, 29
Ptolemais, devoted by Demetrius, 80
Pusey, Dr., quoted, 33

RABBI SIMEON, on minute tithing, 122
Rabbis, rules, interpretations of, 88
Reformation, under Asa, 64
Restoration of daily burnt offering, 72
Review of tithe-paying, 146
Rule for voluntary giving, 41
Ruler, question, and its reply, 120

SABBATH and tithe, Resemblance of, 48
Sacrifice, a divine institution, 18
Forgiveness by, 28
main idea of, 28
on Carmel, 65

Sacrifices, Jewish, their nature, 29
Sadducees, Practice of, 107
Samaritans, accept Mosaic law, 106
Samson, under Philistines, 55
Samuel, gathers Israel to Mizpeh, 57
Israelites under, 56

Sanskrit law, referred to, 35
Sarepta, Widow of, 124
Saul, dedicates spoils, 58

offering to Samuel, 57

Sayce, Dr., Opinion of, 13
Schwab, translates Mishna, 88
Second Tithe, Israel's, 26

Selden, on Third Tithe, 31

Seleucus, supports Jewish temple, 86
service of sacrifices, 80

vow in sickness, 81

as tithe-payers, 108

- ground of denunciation, 121

Hospitality of, to Christ, 123

- how regarded, 109

Maxim of, 123

objects of association, 107
opinion of our Lord, 112
perversion of Scripture, 121
proportion of income devoted, 126
righteousness to be exceeded, 126
Seven varieties of, 123

Shelomith, charge of spoils, 58
Shiloh, Ahijah enquired of, 63

in days of Eli, 56

- Levites present claim, 53
Simon Magus, Rebuke of, 130
Sinai, Freewill offering at, 41
Sinaitic Codex, translated passage, 32
Sippara, Temple at, 15

Solomon, Dedication of Temple, 61
- offerings at Gibeon, 60, 61
Staff, educational, of Israel, 75
Strangers, Hospitality to, 143
Sunlight, Mr. I., quoted, 39, 114
Surenhusius, translates Mishna, 88

TABITHA, Almsgiving of, 130
Tablets, as receipts for tithes, 15
Talmud, minuteness of byelaws, 102