Numbers 18:30

30 "Say to the Levites: 'When you present the best, it will be accepted as much as the grain and wine from the other people.

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 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.

29 Choose the best and holiest part from what you are given as the portion you must give to the Lord.'

30 "Say to the Levites: 'When you present the best, it will be accepted as much as the grain and wine from the other people.

31 You and your families may eat all that is left anywhere, because it is your pay for your work in the Meeting Tent.

32 And if you always give the best part to the Lord, you will never be guilty. If you do not sin against the holy offerings of the Israelites, you will not die.'"