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What does Malachi 3:10 mean about the tithe?

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A clear verse states this directly, and no higher-or-equal-authority text overturns it.

Malachi 3:10 is God's direct command to Israel to bring the full tenth of their produce to the temple storehouse, with a conditional promise of overflowing blessing if they obey — and it has never been explicitly revoked by any same-or-higher-tier text.

The verse is God's own words (the highest authority level), using a clear imperative in Hebrew ("bring!"), and no Tier 1 or Tier 2 text ever explicitly cancels it. Jesus himself affirms tithing in Matthew 23:23.

Key texts:
Malachi 3:8Tier 1 · God
“Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.”
Malachi 3:10Tier 1 · God
“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessi…”
Malachi 3:10Tier 1 · God
“הָבִ֨יאוּ אֶת־ כָּל־ הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֜ר אֶל־ בֵּ֣ית הָאוֹצָ֗ר וִיהִ֥י טֶ֨רֶף֙ בְּבֵיתִ֔י וּבְחָנ֤וּנִי נָא֙ בָּזֹ֔את אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת אִם־ לֹ֧א אֶפְתַּ֣ח לָכֶ֗ם אֵ֚ת אֲרֻבּ֣וֹת הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַהֲרִי…”

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