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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

7 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 instructed Moses

on Numbers 18:25-32

The Levites give a tithe of the tithe, reckoned to them as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress. So men with no fields are credited with a harvest.

This site's exposition

a tithe of the tithe

The Levites receive the tithe and then pay one, so every order in Israel gives to God. John Calvin explains the priests' share as an honour carrying a demand for greater holiness. Hebrews 7:9 says Levi paid tithes through Abraham.

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.
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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-H413 →5510 times

  • הַלְוִיִּ֣םthe Levites

    halviyimH3881 →291 times

  • תְּדַבֵּר֮you will speak

    tedaberH1696 →1141 times

  • וְאָמַרְתָּ֣and you will say

    veamartaH559 →5305 times

  • אֲלֵהֶם֒to them

    ʾalehemH413 →5510 times

  • כִּֽי־if

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • תִ֠קְחוּyou will take

    tikchuH3947 →966 times

  • מֵאֵ֨תfrom with

    meetH854 →929 times

  • בְּנֵֽי־[the] people of

    benei-H1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֗רthe tithe

    hamaaserH4643 →32 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • נָתַ֧תִּיI give

    natatiH5414 →2011 times

  • לָכֶ֛םto <the> you

    lakhem

  • מֵאִתָּ֖םfrom with them

    meitamH854 →929 times

  • בְּנַחֲלַתְכֶ֑ם<in> inheritance your

    benachalatkhemH5159 →222 times

  • וַהֲרֵמֹתֶ֤םand you will offer up

    vaharemotemH7311 →190 times

  • מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙from it

    mimenuH4480 →1188 times

  • תְּרוּמַ֣ת[the] contribution of

    terumatH8641 →76 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • מַעֲשֵׂ֖רa tithe

    maaserH4643 →32 times

  • מִן־of

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַֽמַּעֲשֵֽׂר׃the tithe

    hamaaserH4643 →32 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 Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. 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.