Numbers 18:28
26 “Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.
27 Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress.
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.
29 You must present the offering due the LORD from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.’
30 Therefore say to the Levites, ‘When you have presented the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the produce of the threshing floor or winepress.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Thus you also shall offer a wave offering to the LORD of all your tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel; and of it you shall give the LORD’s wave offering to Aaron the priest.
- ASV
- Thus ye also shall offer a heave-offering unto Jehovah of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and thereof ye shall give Jehovah`s heave-offering to Aaron the priest.
- DARBY
- Thus ye also shall offer Jehovah's heave-offering of all your tithes, which ye take of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof Jehovah's heave-offering to Aaron the priest.
- BLB
- 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.
- ÅB
- Slik skal også dere avgi en gave til Herren av all den tiende som dere får av Israels barn, og denne gave til Herren av deres tiende skal dere gi til Aron, presten.
- OTB
- På denne måten skal dere også gi et offer til Herren fra alle tiendene dere mottar fra israelittene. Fra disse tiendene må dere gi Herrens del til Aron, presten.
- B1930
- Således skal også I avgi en gave til Herren av all den tiende som I får av Israels barn, og denne gave til Herren av eders tiende skal I gi til Aron, presten.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 14:18
Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High —
Read in contextHebrews 6:20–7:10
where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
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