Numbers 18:26

26 "Speak to the Levites and tell them: 'You will receive a tenth of everything the Israelites make, which I will give to you. But you must give a tenth of that back to the Lord.

Numbers 18:26 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 18:26

Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them
Aaron was to tell them what a provision would be made for them on account of their service, but Moses was to inform them what part Aaron was to have out of it:

when ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given
you from them for your inheritance;
which was done at the time of their harvest, and of the ingathering of the fruits of the earth:

then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord;
in token of gratitude for the liberal provision he had made for the maintenance of them:

[even] a tenth [part] of the tithe;
a tenth part out of the tenth of the produce of the land of Israel.

Numbers 18:26 In-Context

24 but when the Israelites give a tenth of everything they make to me, I will give that tenth to the Levites as a reward. That is why I said about the Levites: 'They will not inherit any land among the Israelites.'"

25 The Lord said to Moses,

26 "Speak to the Levites and tell them: 'You will receive a tenth of everything the Israelites make, which I will give to you. But you must give a tenth of that back to the Lord.

27 I will accept your offering just as much as I accept the offerings from others, who give new grain or new wine.

28 In this way you will present an offering to the Lord as the other Israelites do. When you receive a tenth from the Israelites, you will give a tenth of that to Aaron, the priest, as the Lord's share.