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Numbers 18

Numbers 18:31

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

Modern
And you and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting.
Traditional
And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
Literal
And You may eat it in any place, you and your house, for it is a reward to you for your work in the Tent of Meeting.
Latin
…et comedetis eas in omnibus locis vestris, tam vos quam familiæ vestræ: quia pretium est pro ministerio, quo servitis in tabernaculo testimonii.

Original

Hebrew
English
And you and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting.

Notes

Numbers 18:31

Levites and their families could eat any food received as tithes. This food was their payment for working at the Tent of Meeting.

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

Levites: Tithes and Other offerings Offerings: Wave: To be Eaten Priest: Benefits of Tithes of the Tithes The Levites: Bound to Give a Tenth of Their Tithes to the Priests