What was tithing?

[Dodo_David]

Came across this in 1 Corinthians16:1-4


The Collection for the Lord’s People

Now about the collection for the Lord’s people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. 2 On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made. 3 Then, when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with your gift to Jerusalem. 4 If it seems advisable for me to go also, they will accompany me.

Not sure who "The Lords People" are .... but it sounds like they are in Jerusalem ...

In the passage in Paul's letter cited above, Paul is talking about a free-will offering that he was collecting for the benefit of believers in Jerusalem who were in poverty. Nowhere in the passage does Paul say that the people are to give 10%. Nowhere in the passage does Paul say that the money collected was to be used for the benefit of the congregation of of the ones who gave the money.