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Any careful bible reader knows that the Jews paid much more than 10% for social purposes. Not only were there two annual 10% tithes, but there was another tri-annual 10% tithe.
There was also the requirement to avoid efficient harvest methods and allow the poor to glean the resultant significant remainder. There was the requirement to lend without interest and then to forgive debts entirely every seven years. There was the requirement to return land that had been bought and paid for back to the original family every 50 years. There was the requirement to release all debt slaves every fifty years. All of those were "taxes" on the wealthy under the Mosaic Law.
Oh absolutely, but were those something enforced (by force) by the state or the grievance would need to be taken to elders?
10% though is 10%; not 25-28%. Unless you're suggesting the effective tithe rate was equal or north of what we contribute in taxation; from sales tax, to property tax, to income tax, to SSI to Medicare.
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