Tithing

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.

In a revelation given through Joseph Smith, the first prophet of the Mormon Church, the Lord taught how to properly give 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