什一奉献，或奉献金钱用作教会事工，并非是为保留会友资格而缴纳的税款。

Tithing, or giving money to the church for its ministry, is not a tax to be paid to keep your membership.

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每年一度的什一奉献，是要感谢神所赐的恩惠，以及帮助那些有需要的人，就是外地来的人、孤儿寡妇和利未人。

The yearly tithe acknowledged this gift and the responsibility of helping people who could not give: non-citizens, the fatherless, widows, and the Levites.

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我父亲打算把我当作儿子中的什一捐奉献给教会，所以在八岁上就把我送到语法学校去念书。

I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the Church.

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