Numbers 18:25-32

New International Version

²⁵The Lord said to Moses, ²⁶“Speak to the Levites and say to them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe I give you^(A) as your inheritance, you must present a tenth of that tithe as the Lord’s offering.^(B) ²⁷Your offering will be reckoned^(C) to you as grain from the threshing floor^(D) or juice from the winepress.^(E) ²⁸In this way you also will present an offering to the Lord from all the tithes^(F) you receive from the Israelites. From these tithes you must give the Lord’s portion to Aaron the priest. ²⁹You must present as the Lord’s portion the best and holiest part of everything given to you.’

³⁰“Say to the Levites: ‘When you present the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the product of the threshing floor or the winepress.^(G) ³¹You and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere, for it is your wages for your work at the tent of meeting.^(H) ³²By presenting the best part^(I) of it you will not be guilty in this matter;^(J) then you will not defile the holy offerings^(K) of the Israelites, and you will not die.’”

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Numbers 18:25-32

International Standard Version

Offerings Given to the Descendants of Levi

²⁵Then the Lord instructed Moses, ²⁶“Tell the descendants of Levi that when they receive tithes from the Israelis (the tithes that I’ve given you from them as an inheritance), you are to offer a tenth of it^[a] as a raised offering for the Lord. ²⁷Your raised offerings are to be accounted for you as though it were grain from threshing floors and full produce from wine vats. ²⁸You are to offer a raised offering to the Lord from all your tithes that you receive from the Israelis. Give Aaron the priest the raised offering of the Lord ²⁹out of all the most consecrated offerings that you receive, that is, all the raised offerings of the Lord, with all its best and the most holy parts of it. ³⁰Tell them that when they bring the best from it, as far as the descendants of Levi are concerned, it is to be considered like produce from the threshing floors and wine vats. ³¹You and your household may eat it anywhere, because it’s a reward to you in return for your services at the Tent of Meeting. ³²You won’t sin by offering the best of it, and you are not to profane the sacred things of the Israelis, so that you won’t die.”