This, too, was part of the Mosaic Law (Num. 18:21), whereby the Jews were to donate a tenth of their substance to the priestly tribe of Levi. Seeing that there is now no human priesthood, it can no longer be obligatory to pay a tithe to any church elders. Again, one false idea (in this case concerning priests) has led to another (i.e. tithing).
Hii nayo ilikuwa sehemu ya Torati ya Musa(Hesabu 18:21), ambapo Wayahudi walitoa Fungu la kumi katika vitu vyao na kuwapa kabila ya Lawi ya ukuhani. Kwa kuwa sasa hakuna ukuhani wa kibinadamu, shurutisho haliwezi kuwapo tena la kutoa fungu la kumi kwa mzee awaye yote wa kanisa. Wazo potofu tena (katika suala hili la kuhusu makuhani) limewaongoza kwenye lingine (yaani, la kutoa fungu la kumi).