God said a tenth of all agricultural production in the land of Israel belonged to Him, and He gave it to the Levites. The church says a tenth of your paycheck belongs to God, and they've given it to themselves. And if you don't comply, God will curse your finances per Malachi 3. After many years of tithing religiously, I decided to find out what the Bible really says. I researched tithing for myself, as thoroughly and objectively as I possibly could, with no preconceptions whatsoever. In the end, I discovered the tithe wasn't required by God, it was given to God, and not by the Israelites....