Bible Commentary

Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, [even] the hallowed part thereof out of it. Out of all your gifts – The spirit of this law would extend to all the revenues of the Levites; of the increase of their cattle, as well … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 18:29”

Thus ye also shall offer a 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. Verse 28. Thus ye also shall offer a heave-offering] As the Levites had the tithe of the whole land, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 18:28”

And [this] your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though [it were] the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fullness of the winepress. 27. your heave-offering ] your contribution, which you must make to the priests. as the corn of the threshing-floor ] In the same way that all Israel give to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 18:27”

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 a heave offering of it for the LORD, [even] a tenth [part] of the tithe. 26. the Levites . . . … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 18:26”

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, 25 32. A further payment to the priests. The tithe of the crops belongs so entirely to the Levites that it is considered a source of property from which they in turn must pay a tithe to the priests. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges And … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 18:25”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 18:24”

But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: [it shall be] a statute forever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance. Bear their iniquity – The words probably refer to the iniquity of the people; who would, had … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 18:23”

Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. i.e. So nigh as to do any act proper to the priests or Levites. Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 18:22”

And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, [even] the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. 21 24. The Levites’ dues. These consisted in tithe levied on agricultural produce only (cf. Num 18:27 ; Num 18:30). This was similarly … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 18:21”

And the LORD spoke unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I [am] thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. 20. The reason why the priests are to receive all these dues is that they are to possess no landed property … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 18:20”