TITHING AND THE CHURCH

 So, I am part of a group where there is a gal who absolutely hates BY (likely for his actions regarding polygamy).  The same gal has left the Church obviously - and seems to be able to say nothing good about it, including the Temple and tithing.  She specifically calls tithing a "pay for play" ploy; in other words, the Temple is a scam to get people to pay for the privilege of being sealed to their spouses, etc.

Of course, I see it completely differently.  Many of these folks have no clue about the origins of tithing other than it is found in D&C 64 and 119, etc:

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-student-manual/section-119-the-law-of-tithing?lang=eng

Truly, there is more to it, as my wife has pointed out:

Isaiah 6:13 refers not to a regular tithe, but a tithe of the tithe. If you are a Jew and know your Hebrew or know your Hebrew, you realize that this is not just a tithe, but a tithe of the tithe that the original Hebrew translation is using, so thus this meaning: 13 And while yet a tenth of the people

remain in it, or return,

they shall be burned.

But like the terebinth or the oak

when it is felled, whose stump remains alive,

so shall the holy offspring be what is left standing.

Although people may flee the cities en mass in Jehovah’s Day of Judgment, they find scant refuge in the countryside (Isaiah 5:30; 8:22). Using the imagery of tithing—in which the Israelites pay a tenth of the land’s yield to the Levites and the Levites pay a tenth of that tenth to the priests (Numbers 18:24-28)—Isaiah contrasts the many who perish with the few who survive. The “holy offspring” left standing—a tenth of the tenth—compares to a terebinth or oak that can renew itself when cut down. The one who fells the tree/s is the king of Assyria/Babylon, Jehovah’s axe and saw (Isaiah 10:15; 37:24).

Here is an exaplanation showing the example of the tithing (to the Levites) and the tithe of the tithe" (toHere is an exaplanation showing the example of the tithing (to the Levites) and the tithe of the tithe" (to the Priests, Kohen): "Terumat hamaaser was given by the Levite to the Kohen, and was one-tenth of what the Levite had received of the first-tithe. It is alluded to in the Hebrew Bible under the words, "a tithe (tenth) of the tithe" (Numbers 18:26). It, too, was considered terumah, and was eaten by priests in a state of ritual cleanness." the Priests, Kohen): "Terumat hamaaser was given by the Levite to the Kohen, and was one-tenth of what the Levite had received of the first-tithe. It is alluded to in the Hebrew Bible under the words, "a tithe (tenth) of the tithe" (Numbers 18:26). It, too, was considered terumah, and was eaten by priests in a state of ritual cleanness." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tithes_in_Judaism#:~:text=Terumat%20hamaaser%20was%20given%20by,a%20state%20of%20ritual%20cleanness

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