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Numbers 18:24

in Numbers 18

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.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave-offering unto Jehovah, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Numbers 18

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
Here the tithes (and in Num 18:26 the priestly tithes) are to be dedicated to their purpose by the ceremony of heaving them to the Lord. The tithes, being solemnly set apart for sacred purposes, became virtually a heave-offering, like the gifts for the tabernacle Exo 25:2.

This site's exposition

I am thy part and thine inheritance

on Numbers 18:20-24

Every portion listed above this verse exists because of it. Aaron is told he will hold no ground in the land, and the portion named in its place is God himself, I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. Joshua 13:14 and 13:33 record the rule being kept when the land was actually divided, and Deuteronomy 18:1-2 repeats it to the next generation. Albert Barnes observes that Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek long before this at Genesis 14:20, and that verse 21 is where the tithe is first assigned to the Levites, which Hebrews 7:5 takes up by name.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

An heave-offering - An acknowledgment that they have all their land and the fruits of it from God's bounty. Note the word heave-offering, which is for the most part understood of a particular kind of offerings heaved or lifted up to the Lord, is here used for any offering.
But the tithe of the children of Israel,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

As Israel was a peculiar people, and not to be numbered among the nations, so Levi was a peculiar tribe, and not to be settled as the rest of the tribes, but in all respects distinguished from them. A good reason is given why they must have no inheritance in the land, for, says God, I am thy part, and thy inheritance.

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • כִּ֞יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • מַעְשַׂ֣ר[the] tithe of

    ma'sarH4643 →32 times

  • בְּנֵֽי־[the] people of

    benei-H1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • יָרִ֤ימוּthey will offer up

    yarimuH7311 →190 times

  • לַֽיהוָה֙to Yahweh

    layahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • תְּרוּמָ֔הa contribution

    terumahH8641 →76 times

  • נָתַ֥תִּיI give

    natatiH5414 →2011 times

  • לַלְוִיִּ֖םto the Levites

    lalviyimH3881 →291 times

  • לְנַחֲלָ֑הfor an inheritance

    lenachalahH5159 →222 times

  • עַל־there-

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • כֵּן֙-fore

    kenH3651 →771 times

  • אָמַ֣רְתִּיI have said

    ʾamartiH559 →5305 times

  • לָהֶ֔םof <the> them

    lahem

  • בְּתוֹךְ֙in among

    betokhH8432 →418 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • לֹ֥אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • יִנְחֲל֖וּthey will inherit

    yinchaluH5157 →59 times

  • נַחֲלָֽה׃ פan inheritance

    nachalahH5159 →222 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Deuteronomy 26:12When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat and be filled within your gates.5 worksNumbers 18:26“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.3 worksExodus 25:2“Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.3 worksMalachi 3:8–10Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.2 worksExodus 29:28This will belong to Aaron and his sons as a regular portion from the Israelites, for it is the heave offering the Israelites will make to the LORD from their peace offerings.2 worksLuke 18:12I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’2 works

The walk

2 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Numbers 18:26

    “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…

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 10:38

      A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the…

    • Numbers 18:21

      Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Numbers: the study guide →Read Numbers 18 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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