| − | 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 10% of the land corresponds to the 10% tithe demanded in Leviticus 27:30-33. | + | 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. |