Numbers 18:30

30 "You shall say to them, 'When you have offered from it the best of it, then the rest shall be reckoned to the Levites as the product of the threshing floor, and as the product of the wine vat.

Numbers 18:30 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 18:30

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.

Numbers 18:30 In-Context

28 'So you shall also present an offering to the LORD from your tithes, which you receive from the sons of Israel; and from it you shall give the LORD'S offering to Aaron the priest.
29 'Out of all your gifts you shall present every offering due to the LORD , from all the best of them, the sacred part from them.'
30 "You shall say to them, 'When you have offered from it the best of it, then the rest shall be reckoned to the Levites as the product of the threshing floor, and as the product of the wine vat.
31 'You may eat it anywhere , you and your households, for it is your compensation in return for your service in the tent of meeting.
32 'You will bear no sin by reason of it when you have offered the best of it. But you shall not profane the sacred gifts of the sons of Israel, or you will die.' "

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