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Numbers 18:21-24

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21 "To the sons of Levi, behold, I have given all the 1tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they perform, the service of the tent of meeting.
22 "2The sons of Israel shall not come near the tent of meeting again, or they will bear sin and die.
23 "Only the Levites shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall 3bear their iniquity; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, and among the sons of Israel 4they shall have no inheritance.
24 "For the tithe of the sons of Israel, which they offer as an offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance; therefore * I have said concerning them, '5They shall have no inheritance among the sons of Israel.' "
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Numbers 18:21-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 18

This chapter gives an account of the distinct work and service of the priests and Levites, Nu 18:1-7; and of several things given to the priests for their maintenance, Nu 18:8-19; and of the tithes the Levites should have to live upon, since they were to have no inheritance in the land of Israel, Nu 18:20-24; and of the tenth out of those tithes they were to give to the high priest, Nu 18:25-32.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 5

  • 1. Leviticus 27:30-33; Deuteronomy 14:22-29
  • 2. Numbers 1:51
  • 3. Numbers 18:1
  • 4. Numbers 18:20
  • 5. Deuteronomy 10:9
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