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Dr. Frank Chase, Jr.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. FRANK CHASE, JR., is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. He
graduated from Walbrook High School in 1978 and then enlisted
and served in the United States Army for four years. During his
path in life, he has served as a teacher, counselor, mentor and
leader in men's ministries and has spoke at various men’s
conferences. He is a graduate of Washington State University and
has a BA degree in Communications with a minor in Sociology.
Because Frank believes in education, he pursued religious
degrees and graduated from North Carolina College of Theology
with a Bachelor of Biblical Studies, a Master of Arts in
Theology, and a Doctor of Theology. He also started his
publishing company, FC Publishing, LLC to self publish his first
two books. As a writer, Dr. Chase authored his first book, False
Roads to Manhood, What Women Need to Know: What Men
Need to Understand, dealing with the issues of manhood. He
recently published his second book titled, Kleptomaniac: Who’s Really Robbing God Anyway, which
takes you on a proverbial archaeological quest to uncover the true meaning of biblical tithing. Not only
does the book cover the Old Testament tithe, but it examines what the New Testament teaches about
giving and so-called tithing. Dr. Chase has also authored and published religious and relationship
articles for newspapers, online magazines and print media. He has appeared on local television and
Internet radio programs. Mr. Chase is an avid racquetball player, and loves movies, reading and good
conversation, and he never shies away from talking about difficult or even controversial subjects.
Anyone who knows Frank will tell you that he has always been an analytical thinker about every aspect
of life even from childhood. It is not uncommon for people to remark that Chase is a very easy person to
talk to. Frank lives with his wife Teresa in Alabama and is the father of six children and the grandfather
of eight. Mr. Chase currently works as senior aviation writer for Army Helicopters for the Department of
the Army’s monthly publication, PS Magazine, LOGSA, located at Redstone Arsenal, AL.
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Why I Wrote Kleptomaniac: Who’s Really Robbing God Anyway?
Writing Kleptomaniac: Who’s Really Robbing God Anyway was a journey into seeking truth and fact. In
my research journey to rediscover biblical tithing I found the truth. What I learned about a century’s
old teaching called tithing was astonishing and shocking. My quest took me to places in the biblical
world I never thought about or considered. Does the modern day multifaceted tithing system have any
resemblance to biblical tithing is the ultimate and proverbial sixty-four thousand dollar question. The
hermeneutical and exegetical answer based on the land, the language and the literature of the biblical
Hebrew people is no! God never issued a new commandment to convert the orthodox biblical food
tithe into money as a method to support the New Testament church in age of grace. The change of
economic systems across history from agricultural to monetary did not cause God to change his holy
food tithe to money.
That is the purpose of why I wrote this book. I wanted to give readers another perspective that could
be researched and proved. This book started out as a 117 page power point study and morphed into a
400 page book after years of research.
I practiced tax-deductible greenback tithing for 30 years. After extensive research on the subject and
prayer, I discovered the Bible never endorsed monetary tithing as a command or a principal in the New
Testament. When I peeled back the tithing onion in biblical and secular history, shock and dismay beat
upon my theological head like a 2x4. When I regained theological consciousness, it was apparent
money tithing as it is taught today is suspect. The Savior followed 613 instructions of the Law and the
only authentic stipulated tithing law He endorsed was the tithe the Bible emphatically claims are
eatable items such as crops, cattle, herd, flocks and sheep. In Jesus’ own words, in Matthew 23:23, he
acknowledges that the Pharisees tithed mint, rue and cumin, which were eatable items and yet
somehow people assume money is implied? The bottom line; tithing is not money, but food and
Yahweh never commuted the food tithe to money in the 1st
century nor the 21st
century. Defining the
authentic biblical tithe to include non-food sources is not mentioned in the Holy Scriptures. To
command the tithe of money is “teaching for doctrines the commandments of men” (Matthew 15:9).
Also, tithing money violates what Yeshua said, “Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none
effect by your tradition” (Matt 15:6). The New Testament has no tithing commands; however, you will
find much concerning abundant giving from the heart.
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Kleptomaniac: Who’s Really Robbing God Anyway
Book Bubble Excerpts and Thoughts
1. Is the Church the Storehouse for Tithing? https://www.bublish.com/bubble/stream/13107
2. Did Jesus Collect Tithes? https://www.bublish.com/bubble/stream/12899
3. Will a Man Rob God? https://www.bublish.com/bubble/stream/12755
4. Eating Tithes vs. Paying Tithes: https://www.bublish.com/bubble/stream/12700
5. What are First Fruits in the Bible? https://www.bublish.com/bubble/stream/12529
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money. This chapter examines a tithe from agricultural production and another from an
increase in animals (livestock), which came from farmers and herders who tithed based on
Leviticus 27:30-33.
Based on the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE), the view is, “there is an
obvious apparent discrepancy between the legislation in Leviticus and Deuteronomy. It is
harmonized in Jewish [Hebrew] tradition, not only theoretically, but in practice, by considering
the tithes as three different tithes, which are named the first tithe, the second tithe and the
poor tithe, which is called the third tithe.” The ISBE also suggests that all three tithes came
from the original tithe and three separate tithes did not exist. That issue is not a topic of this
chapter, but it is worth individual research because some Jewish historians suggest Israel paid
three different tithes. The orthodox tithe in Israel is often misinterpreted and commuted to
cold hard cash because of a lack of understanding of the history, culture, religious practices
and customs of the Hebrew people.
In Leviticus 27:30 and 32 the Bible clearly defines what is tithed. It says, And all the
tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s. It is
holy to the LORD. … 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, of whatever passes
under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the LORD” (NKJV). Based on the language used
in the ISBE, this tithe is the first tithe or sometimes referred to as the Levitical tithe as detailed
in Numbers chapter 18.
God’s giving instructions to Israel on redeeming people and property included those
who didn’t want to tithe but desired to exchange the tithe for a price. The Hebrew Israelites
kept the tithe but paid money to buyback the tithe with a service fee added. The instructions
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Yahweh gave to the Israelites allowed them to redeem (or buyback) the crop tithe but not the
tithe from the herds or flocks as stated in Leviticus 27:33. Even though the verse does not say
who the tithe belongs to, then how would God collect the tithe from the Israelites? Would he
stick his hand out of the heavens to earth and collect the tithe? He said the tithe is holy unto
Him and set apart for His use. To determine who God set apart the tithe for, we need to
further investigate scripture to find out. And to set the record straight, the Bible says the tithe
belongs to the Levites as their inheritance from God. Before the law, no tithe command
existed and all giving fell under the auspices of gratitude or freewill giving. Now when God
speaks to Moses, he commands a tithe as part of the law and introduces a middleman, the
Levites. The tithe Abram gave before the law didn’t come from a pre-law principle but
happened based on customs for the rules of war. Tithing existed long before Abram gave a
tithe to Melchizedek. When God instructs Moses on the tithing laws, He defines what the tithe
is. In Numbers and Deuteronomy, God states to whom and where Israel should tithe. The
context of Leviticus 27:30-33 shows the tithe is land based, which makes Israel an agricultural
economy. Israel had monetary system and never tithed money in a partial agricultural
economy. Author Ron Knot addresses the buyback program in his book, Tithing Fact or
Fiction? He writes, “The tithe was known to be the Lords property while it was still growing in
the field. In Ancient times, the farmer could buy his tithe back from the Lord by paying the
priest 120% of its value in money. The priest in turn, would give the tithe (produce) back to
the farmer and take the money and then buy a replacement tithe. Money was used but never
as a substitute for a tithe. The priests would never present money to the Lord since His tithe
was to be holy to the Him and money was not holy (Leviticus 27:30). It must be remembered,
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the biblical definition of a tithe included what the tithe was composed of, which was
agricultural products only.”
We know the tithe is not money based on the Hebrew word for land. The keyword in
Leviticus 27:30 refers to land. The tithe comes from the land. Land in Hebrew is erets
(Strong’s #776). It represents the earth, arable ground or owned land. The land God speaks
of is the land He promised Abram in Genesis 13:17. If God promised Abram land, then how
would God give Abram the land of Canaan that other people occupied? God’s promise fits the
Hebrew meaning because erets also means owned land. It is important to note that tithing
had not started yet in Leviticus because Israel still roamed the wilderness. Leviticus gives
details of the tithe requirements for implementation once they got into the land of Canaan.
Let’s look at Leviticus 27:30-33 with an eye of critical examination. From the scripture,
we can extrapolate that the tithe is agricultural products (seed of the land and fruit of the
tree) and herds and flocks. Now, the scripture does not say 10 percent of the herds or flocks.
It says the tenth animal that passed under the shepherd’s rod is the tithe, not the first tenth
that is common in tithe teachings taught today. The first 10th
of your check goes to God is the
message every time the church doors open, but when examining the scriptures, God never
says that in Leviticus. Since farmers and cattle herders tithed in Israel, make sure you
understand that Yahweh meant what he said about the tenth animal. If a cattle herder had
less than 9 cattle in a birth cycle, whether sheep, bulls, or goats, they did not tithe because
God wanted the tenth animal from the increase not the ninth. Herders tithed only the tenth
animal no matter whether its condition was good or bad. The scripture text accepted the
eleventh animal as a tithe if the herder thought the tenth did not meet the standard. Despite
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the condition of the tenth animal, it became the tithe and could not be exchanged for a good
animal because the tenth animal was holy unto the Lord. Israel paid a tithe on an increase and
never on a decrease. For example, if you have nine sheep and during the birth cycle, those
sheep would need to give birth to ten or more calves to tithe on the increase. If you had less
than ten, you did not tithe. When you examine the Jewish Mishnah, which is a compilation of
Jewish oral traditions called the Oral Law, the text reveals that whatsoever is kept watch over,
cultivated, and grows from the soil; whatever is used for food (excluding unclean) is what is
tithed. The tenth sheep, the tenth goat, the tenth bull was the tithe, not ten percent.
Remember if a herdsman had nine cattle, he didn’t tithe because the tenth animal that passed
under the rod belonged to God as the tithe despite its condition.
No one can assume from silence in scripture that a man in Israel tithed a tenth of his
income from making a living, harvesting clams. If he raised walnuts and sold some to the
marketplace, it was not titheable based on the empirical and historical definition of the word
tithe as eatable items. Leviticus chapter 27 focuses on vows. The chapter ends with a critical
introduction to tithing meaning it was not the writer’s intention to lay out a full description of
the tithe laws. The fuller descriptions of the tithe laws are in Numbers and Deuteronomy.