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The First Estate was a social level in pre-revolutionary [[France]]. It consisted of the clergy, which while only onstituting about 1% of the population controlled 10% of the land. | The First Estate was a social level in pre-revolutionary [[France]]. It consisted of the clergy, which while only onstituting about 1% of the population controlled 10% of the land. | ||
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| + | This ten percent corresponds with the tithe commanded in Leviticus 27:30-33: "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 unto the LORD. And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof. And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD. He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed." | ||
Revision as of 04:34, March 13, 2007
The First Estate was a social level in pre-revolutionary France. It consisted of the clergy, which while only onstituting about 1% of the population controlled 10% of the land.
This ten percent corresponds with the tithe commanded in Leviticus 27:30-33: "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 unto the LORD. And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof. And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD. He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed."