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Numbers 18

Numbers 18:28

Offerings for Priests and Levites · Numbers 18:8–32
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Translations

Modern
So you are to present an offering to the LORD from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites, and from these you are to give the LORD’s offering to Aaron the priest.
Traditional
Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the Lord of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the Lord’s heave offering to Aaron the priest.
Literal
Thus you shall lift up—you also—a contribution to YHWH from all your tithes that you receive from the sons of Israel. And you shall give from it the contribution of YHWH to Aaron the priest.
Latin
…et universis quorum accipitis primitias, offerte Domino, et date Aaron sacerdoti.

Original

Hebrew
English
So you are to present an offering to the LORD from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites, and from these you are to give the LORD’s offering to Aaron the priest.

Notes

Numbers 18:25–32

The Levites received a tithe (one-tenth) of the goods of the Israelites (18:24). However, they were not allowed to keep all of it. They also had to give a tithe of that tithe, which means one-tenth of the one-tenth. They gave this portion to the priests as their own harvest offering (18:27).

Numbers 18:1–32

The instructions here came from the need shown in chapter 17 for clear boundaries between the people, priests, and Levites. The Levites had special privileges and important responsibilities. One key part of their job was to protect the Tent of Meeting from unauthorized entry (chapter 16).

People

Aaron: Moses' brother, first high priest of Israel Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Deuteronomy, Book of Numbers, Book of Tithe, Tithing Worship

Topics

Levites: Tithes and Other offerings Priest: Benefits of Tithes of the Tithes Priests: Revenues of Tenth of the Tithes Paid to the Levites The Levites: Bound to Give a Tenth of Their Tithes to the Priests Tithe: The Tenth of, Given by the Levites to the Priests As Their