Keraia
Numbers 18

Numbers 18:24

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

Modern
For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”
Traditional
But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
Literal
For the tithes of the sons of Israel, which they offer up to YHWH as a contribution, I have given to the Levites as an inheritance. Upon thus I have said to them: In the midst of the sons of Israel they shall not have an inheritance.”
Latin
…decimarum oblatione contenti, quas in usus eorum et necessaria separavi.

Original

Hebrew
English
For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”

Notes

Numbers 18:23–24

The Israelites gave a tithe, which was one-tenth of their yearly income (see Deuteronomy 14:22–29; 26:12; Nehemiah 10:35–39; Malachi 3:8–12; Matthew 23:23; compare Genesis 14:17–20; Hebrews 7:5–10).

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

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Levi: Son of Jacob; progenitor of the Levites

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Deuteronomy, Book of Inheritance Joshua, Book of Levitical Cities Numbers, Book of Tithe, Tithing Worship

Topics

Levites: Profits from in Lieu of Landed Inheritance, Forty-Eight Cities with Suburbs Were Assigned to Them Levites: Tithes and Other offerings Offerings: Heave: Given to the Priests' Families As Part of Their Benefits The Levites: The Tithes Given To, for Their Support Tithe: Given by God to the Levites for Their Services Tithe: Reasonableness of Appointing, for the Levites Tithes: Mosaic Laws Instituting