Numbers 18:25

25 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 18:25 in Other Translations

25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

25 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

25 The LORD also told Moses,

25 God spoke to Moses:

25 The Lord instructed Moses,

Numbers 18:25 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 18:25

And the Lord spake unto Moses
And not unto Aaron, because a tithe out of the tithe was to be given to Aaron, as Aben Ezra observes, and it was not so proper that he should have this order to deliver to the Levites, in which he and his sons were so much concerned, and therefore it was given to Moses to acquaint them of it:

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 18:25 In-Context

23 It is the Levites who are to do the work at the tent of meeting and bear the responsibility for any offenses they commit against it. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. They will receive no inheritance among the Israelites.

24 Instead, I give to the Levites as their inheritance the tithes that the Israelites present as an offering to the LORD. That is why I said concerning them: ‘They will have no inheritance among the Israelites.’ ”

25 The LORD said to Moses,

26 “Speak to the Levites and say to them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe I give you as your inheritance, you must present a tenth of that tithe as the LORD’s offering.

27 Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress.