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Numbers 18:26

in Numbers 18

“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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

Moreover thou shalt speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up a heave-offering of it for Jehovah, a tithe of the tithe.

KJV

Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe.

This verse in Numbers 18

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

Assuredly it is not probable that in the same year double tithes were exacted and paid. Let this twofold division, therefore, be enough for us. A larger portion was given to the priests, not only as an honorable distinction, but. because greater holiness and integrity in expending them was expected from them; and also that they might meet many peculiar burdens.

This site's exposition

And the Lord spake unto Moses

on Numbers 18:25-32

This word goes to Moses rather than to Aaron, and John Gill records the reason Aben Ezra gives, that the order concerned a payment into Aaron's own house. The Levites hand over a tenth of the tithe they receive, and verses 27 and 30 say it is reckoned to them as though it were the corn of their own threshingfloor and the fulness of their own winepress, so men with no fields are credited with a harvest. What they give up is the best of it, the standard verse 12 had already set for Israel. The last verse warns them against polluting the holy things, and calls what they eat a reward for their service in the tabernacle.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

This (says God) shall be reckoned to you as though it were the corn of the threshing-floor; that is, though it was not the fruit of their ground, nor of their own labour, as the tithes of other Israelites were, yet being of such as they had it should be accepted, to the sanctifying of all the rest. (2.) This was to be given to Aaron the priest (

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A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

Ye shall offer up an heave-offering - They who are employed in assisting the devotions of others, must be sure to pay their own as an heave-offering. Prayers and praises, or rather the heart lifted up in them, are now our heave-offerings.
Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

the Levites . . . offer . . . a tenth of the tithe--Out of their own they were to pay tithes to the priests equally as the people gave to them. The best of their tithes was to be assigned to the priests, and afterwards they enjoyed the same liberty to make use of the remainder that other Israelites had of the produce of their threshing-floors and wine-presses.

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The words behind it

24 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.

  • וְאֶל־and to

    veel-H4135510 times

  • הַלְוִיִּ֣םthe Levites

    halviyimH3881291 times

  • תְּדַבֵּר֮you will speak

    tedaberH16961141 times

  • וְאָמַרְתָּ֣and you will say

    veamartaH5595305 times

  • אֲלֵהֶם֒to them

    ʾalehemH4135510 times

  • כִּֽי־if

    ki-H35884482 times

  • תִ֠קְחוּyou will take

    tikchuH3947966 times

  • מֵאֵ֨תfrom with

    meetH854929 times

  • בְּנֵֽי־[the] people of

    benei-H11214930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לIsrael

    yisraelH34782507 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֗רthe tithe

    hamaaserH464332 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich

    ʾasherH8345497 times

  • נָתַ֧תִּיI give

    natatiH54142011 times

  • לָכֶ֛םto <the> you

    lakhem

  • מֵאִתָּ֖םfrom with them

    meitamH854929 times

  • בְּנַחֲלַתְכֶ֑ם<in> inheritance your

    benachalatkhemH5159222 times

  • וַהֲרֵמֹתֶ֤םand you will offer up

    vaharemotemH7311190 times

  • מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙from it

    mimenuH44801188 times

  • תְּרוּמַ֣ת[the] contribution of

    terumatH864176 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH30686520 times

  • מַעֲשֵׂ֖רa tithe

    maaserH464332 times

  • מִן־of

    min-H44801188 times

  • הַֽמַּעֲשֵֽׂר׃the tithe

    hamaaserH464332 times

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

The walk

8 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

    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…

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 13:12–13

      and all Judah brought a tenth of the grain, new wine, and oil into the storerooms.

    • Numbers 18:26–28

      “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…

    • 2 Chronicles 31:11–12

      Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare storerooms in the house of the LORD, and they did so.

    • 1 Chronicles 9:26

      But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 12:44

      And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these…

    • Deuteronomy 14:22–29

      You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.

    • Nehemiah 10:37

      Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of…

    • Numbers 18:6

      Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for 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.

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentaries; John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; John Gill, Exposition of 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.