Numbers 18:25-32

The Voice

²⁵ (to Moses) ²⁶ Tell the Levites that they should set aside a tenth portion of what they get from the Israelites’ sacrifices to give back to Me. In other words, they must give a tenth offering of the tenth offering given to them from the people of Israel. ²⁷ Tell them, “This portion will be counted as your gift to Me, as if it is all the grain harvested and threshed and all the wine pressed and decanted. ²⁸ In this way, you will be making an offering to Me from what you received from the Israelites (though you’ll do so by entrusting this tenth portion to the priest Aaron). ²⁹ Out of everything you get, you should set aside the very best as a holy portion to Me. ³⁰ After this, what’s left is absolutely yours, as if it is all the grain harvested and threshed and all the wine pressed and decanted. ³¹ You can eat and drink it anywhere—you and your whole household—because it’s what you’ve earned by working on behalf of the congregation tent. ³² After you’ve given up that superior portion, you may do with the rest as you wish. Just be careful that you treat the holy portion, what was set aside for Me by the Israelites, with utmost respect; or else you’ll die.”