Numbers 18:30

30 "Also tell them: When you contribute the best part, your contribution will be considered to be produce from the threshing floor or winepress.

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, too, will contribute one-tenth of your income to the LORD out of all that you receive from the Israelites' income. You will give the LORD's contribution to the priest Aaron.

29 Out of all the gifts you receive, you must contribute the best and holiest parts to the LORD.

30 "Also tell them: When you contribute the best part, your contribution will be considered to be produce from the threshing floor or winepress.

31 So you and your households may eat it anywhere, because it's the wages you receive for your work at the tent of meeting.

32 When you contribute the best part, you won't suffer the consequences of any sin. You won't be dishonoring the holy offerings given by the Israelites, and you won't die."