Numbers 18:30

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

²⁰Then the LORD said to Aaron, "You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites. ²¹Behold, 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. ²²No longer may the Israelites come near the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die. ²³The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites. ²⁴For I have given the Levites as their inheritance the tenth 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." ²⁵And the LORD instructed Moses, 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 tenth of the tenth. ²⁷Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress. ²⁸So you are to present an offering to the LORD from every tenth you receive from the Israelites, and from it give the LORD's offering to Aaron the priest. ²⁹You must present the offering due the LORD from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the best: Numbers 18:28, Genesis 43:11, Deuteronomy 6:5, Proverbs 3:9, Proverbs 3:10, Malachi 1:8, Matthew 6:33, Matthew 10:37-39, Philippians 3:8, Philippians 3:9

then it shall: Numbers 18:27

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 10:39 - the children

Cross-References

Genesis 18:8
Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.

Genesis 18:9
"Where is your wife Sarah?" they asked. "There, in the tent," he replied.

Genesis 18:11
And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

Genesis 18:16
When the men got up to leave they looked out over Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them off.

Genesis 18:28
suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will you destroy the whole city for the lack of five?" He replied, "If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it."

Genesis 18:29
Once again Abraham spoke to the LORD, "Suppose forty are found there?" He answered, "On account of the forty, I will not do it."

Genesis 44:18
Then Judah approached Joseph and said, "Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are an equal to Pharaoh.

Judges 6:39
Then Gideon said to God, "Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground be covered with dew."

Job 40:4
"Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

Psalms 9:12
For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore thou shalt say unto them,.... The Targum of Jonathan is,

"thou shalt say to them the priests;''

but the words seem manifestly spoken to the Levites:

when ye have heaved the best thereof from it; taken out the tenth part of it, and that the best:

then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the wine press; then what remains shall be reckoned as much their own, and may be as lawfully enjoyed, as the corn of the threshing floor, and the wine of the wine fat, of any Israelite whatever.