Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 18:24
But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer [as] a heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
Here the tithes (and in Num 18:26 the priestly tithes) are to be dedicated to their purpose by the ceremony of heaving them to the Lord. The tithes, being solemnly set apart for sacred purposes, became virtually a heave-offering, like the gifts for the tabernacle Exo 25:2.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
As an heave-offering unto the Lord, i.e. as a rent charge or an acknowledgment that they have and hold all their lands, and the fruits of it, from Gods bounty. Note that the word
heave-offering, which is for the most part understood of a particular kind of offerings heaved or lifted up to the Lord, is here used for any offering in general, as before, Num 18:8.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
But the tithe of the children of Israel,…. The tenth of the produce of their land, as before:
which they offer [as] an heave offering unto the Lord: by way of gratitude to him for giving them the land, and for making it so fruitful to them, and as an acknowledgment of his being the sovereign Lord and proprietor of it:
I have given to the Levites to inherit; so that the Levites had the tithe not immediately from the Israelites, nor were they dependent on them for them; but they were first given to the Lord, and then by him to the Levites, who held them of him, and not of the Israelites; and were a portion and an inheritance, settled upon them by the Lord himself, which they had as good a right and title unto as the rest of the tribes had to their several inheritances:
therefore have I said unto them, among the children, of Israel they shall have no inheritance; as in Nu 18:23.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(24) But the tithes . . . Better, for the tithes . . . This verse assigns the reason why the Levites were to have no inheritance among the children of Israel.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
24. A heave offering This implies that the tithe, or its equivalent, must be brought to the temple. But according to Deu 12:5-7; Deu 12:17; Deu 14:22-29, this vegetable tithe was not to be taken to the metropolis, but is to constitute hospitable and charitable meals at home, to which the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow are to be invited.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Mal 3:8-10
Reciprocal: Exo 25:2 – offering Exo 29:28 – is an heave Lev 7:14 – an heave Num 18:20 – no inheritance Num 18:21 – the tenth Num 31:30 – and give Deu 12:12 – General Deu 26:12 – the tithes Neh 10:37 – and the tithes Luk 18:12 – I give
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Num 18:24. A heave-offering An acknowledgment that they have all their land and the fruits of it from Gods bounty. Note, the word heave-offering, which is for the most part understood of a particular kind of offerings heaved or lifted up to the Lord, is here used for any offering.