Abreast the typical argument that tithing is an “eternal moral principal,” the only places in Scripture where tithing is actually commanded are under the auspices of the geopolitical nation of Israel, and only under the Old Covenant. Abram’s tithe to Melchizedek was according to an ancient Arab custom. Jacob’s tithe was a conditional vow to God to test that he was the recipient of God’s covenant promise. In neither case is anyone else commanded to do likewise. Indeed, if we are to take the accounts of Abram and Jacob at face value, we could not do what they did.