Numbers 18:30

²⁸ 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.’

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.

³¹ And you and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting.

³² Once you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”

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.

Compare

BSB: 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.
KJV: Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
WEB: “Therefore you shall tell them, ‘When you heave its best from it, then it shall be credited to the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the wine press.
ASV: Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye heave the best thereof from it, then it shall be reckoned unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the wine-press.
DARBY: And thou shalt say unto them, When ye heave the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as produce of the threshing-floor, and as produce of the winepress.
BLB: And you shall say to them, ‘In your⁺ lifting up its fat, from it then it shall be reckoned to the Levites as the produce of the threshing floor, and as the produce of the winepress.

ÅB: Og du skal si til dem: Når dere har avgitt den beste del av det, da skal det regnes for levittene likt med det som kommer inn fra treskeplassen og fra vinpersen.
OTB: Si til dem, 'Når dere gir den beste delen, vil det bli kreditert dere som produktet fra treskeplassen eller vinpressen.
B1930: Og du skal si til dem: Når I har avgitt den beste del av det, da skal det regnes for levittene likt med det som kommer inn fra treskeplassen og fra vinpersen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Matthew 10:37–39
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
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Numbers 18:27–28
Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress.
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Malachi 1:8
When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.
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Genesis 43:11
Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
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Deuteronomy 6:5
And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
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Proverbs 3:9–10
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
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Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
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Philippians 3:8–9
More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
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