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Numbers 18

Numbers 18:29

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

Modern
You must present the offering due the LORD from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.’
Traditional
Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the Lord, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.
Literal
Of all your gifts you shall lift up every contribution of YHWH, from all its fat, its holy part from it.’
Latin
Omnia quæ offeretis ex decimis, et in donaria Domini separabitis, optima et electa erunt.

Original

Hebrew
English
You must present the offering due the LORD from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.’

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).

Glossary

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

Topics

Heave-Offering: Consisted of Part of all Gifts Heave-Offering: To be the Best of Their Kind Levites: Tithes and Other offerings Priest: Benefits of Tithes of the Tithes The Levites: Bound to Give a Tenth of Their Tithes to the Priests