Numbers 18:27
in Numbers 18Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And your heave-offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the grain of the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
KJV
And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
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This verse in Numbers 18
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Reckoned unto you - Or, by you. The Levites were, of their tithes, to pay tithe to the priests, just as other Israelites paid tithe to the Levites.
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 Awakening1 voice
And this your heave offering,....
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנֶחְשַׁ֥ב | venechshav | and it will be reckoned | H2803 → | 124 times |
| לָכֶ֖ם | lakhem | to <the> you | ||
| תְּרוּמַתְכֶ֑ם | terumatkhem | contribution your | H8641 → | 76 times |
| כַּדָּגָן֙ | kadagan | like the grain | H1715 → | |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַגֹּ֔רֶן | hagoren | the threshing floor | H1637 → | 36 times |
| וְכַֽמְלֵאָ֖ה | vekhamleah | and like the full produce | H4395 → | |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַיָּֽקֶב׃ | haiyakev | the wine-press | H3342 → |
וְנֶחְשַׁ֥בand it will be reckoned
venechshavH2803 →124 times
לָכֶ֖םto <the> you
lakhem
תְּרוּמַתְכֶ֑םcontribution your
terumatkhemH8641 →76 times
כַּדָּגָן֙like the grain
kadaganH1715 →
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַגֹּ֔רֶןthe threshing floor
hagorenH1637 →36 times
וְכַֽמְלֵאָ֖הand like the full produce
vekhamleahH4395 →
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַיָּֽקֶב׃the wine-press
haiyakevH3342 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
2 Kings 6:27He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”
it leads to
- Psalms 118:8–9
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
- Psalms 124:1–3
If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—
- Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
- Psalms 127:1
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
- Psalms 60:11
Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
- Psalms 118:8–9
Through
Deuteronomy 15:14You are to furnish him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you.
it leads to
- Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
- Acts 20:35
In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
- Psalms 68:10
Your flock settled therein; O God, from Your bounty You provided for the poor.
- Proverbs 10:22
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About Numbers
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).