How many times is tithe mentioned in the Bible?
The word tithe appears 14 times in the King James Version, in 13 verses. Counting every form (tithe, tithes, tithing), it appears 40 times in 32 verses across 11 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses tithe 21 times (42 with every form).
Tithe in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of tithe counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| tithe | 14 | 21 |
| tithes | 24 | 19 |
| tithing | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 40 | 42 |
First and last mention of tithe
And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
The verse that uses it most is Deuteronomy 26:12, 3 times (tied with Nehemiah 10:38):
When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
Where the two translations differ
1 verse matches in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 1 verse matches only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Genesis 14:20: counted in the KJV only
And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave him a tenth of all.
Numbers 18:21: counted in the World English Bible only
And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
“To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the Tent of Meeting.
Verses with tithe on our topic pages
12 verses that use tithe in the World English Bible are in our topic collections.
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be room enough for.
On: Money, Tithing, Generosity
“‘All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is Yahweh’s. It is holy to Yahweh.
On: Tithing
“To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the Tent of Meeting.
On: Tithing
“Moreover you shall speak to the Levites, and tell them, ‘When you take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a wave offering of it for Yahweh, a tithe of the tithe.
On: Tithing
You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes out of the field year by year.
On: Tithing
As soon as the commandment went out, the children of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, oil, honey, and of all the increase of the field; and they brought in the tithe of all things abundantly.
On: Tithing
Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.
On: Tithing
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
On: Tithing
But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and God’s love. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
On: Tithing
They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest’s office have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brothers, though these have come out of the body of Abraham,
On: Tithing
At the end of every three years you shall bring all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall store it within your gates.
On: Orphans
Common questions
How many times is tithe in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 32 of the 40 uses are in the Old Testament and 8 in the New Testament. Tithe appears in 11 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Deuteronomy has the most (9), then Nehemiah (8) and Hebrews (5).
Where is tithe first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 14:20: "And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all." The last is Hebrews 7:9.
Read the full collection: Bible Verses About Tithing (29 Verses).
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-02.