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| − | The word ''tithe'' literally means a tenth part, most often in relation to a tenth part given to God. Just as tithing is commanded in the Bible; Abraham and Jacob as well as other ancient prophets paid tithes, (see Leviticus 27:32), the members of the [[Mormon Church]] also pay tithing of ten percent of their yearly income.
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| − | In a revelation given through [[Joseph Smith]], the first prophet of the Mormon Church, the Lord taught how to properly give [http://www.mormon.org/learn/0,8672,1095-1,00.html tithes]. "And after that, those who have thus been tithed shall pay one-tenth of all their interest annually; and this shall be a standing law unto them forever, for my holy priesthood, saith the Lord" (see D
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