Numbers 18:25-32 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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The Dues to be Received by the Priests from the Levites. These consisted of a tenth of the tithe paid to the Levites by the people.

Numbers 18:29. every heave offering: better, the whole contribution. The tithe of the tithe is to be of the best.

Numbers 18:30. it shall be counted, etc.: the pronoun refers to the nine-tenths of the tithe which the Levites are to have for themselves. As soon as they have paid their sacred dues to the priests, they will be as free to enjoy the rest as the husbandmen are, who have discharged their obligations to them.

Numbers 18:32. ye shall not profane the holy things: the Levites, by possessing the tithes, will have no temptation to take, and so profane, the offerings which are reserved for the priests.

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Numbers 18:25-32

25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.

27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.

28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD'S heave offering to Aaron the priest.

29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the bestc thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.

30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the bestd thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.

31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.

32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.