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it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, and among the sons of Israel they shall have no inheritance. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>For the tithe of the sons of Israel, which they offer as an offering to the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance; therefore I have said concerning them, They shall have no inheritance among the sons of Israel. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>Then the L<font size="1">ORD</font> spoke to Moses, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>Moreover, you shall speak to the Levites and say to them, When you take from the sons of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present an offering from it to the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, a tithe of the tithe. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>Your offering shall be reckoned to you as the grain from the threshing floor or the full produce from the wine vat. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>So you shall also present an offering to the L<font size="1">ORD</font> from your tithes, which you receive from the sons of Israel; and from it you shall give the L<font size="1">ORDS</font> offering to Aaron the priest. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>Out of all your gifts you shall present every offering due to the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, from all the best of them, the sacred part from them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>You shall say to them, When you have offered from it the best of it, then <i>the rest</i> shall be reckoned to the Levites as the product of the threshing floor, and as the product of the wine vat. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>You may eat it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your compensation in return for your service in the tent of meeting. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/18-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>You will bear no sin by reason of it when you have offered the best of it. But you shall not profane the sacred gifts of the sons of Israel, or you will die. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And unto the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I have given to the sons of Levi all the tithes of Israel for a possession for the ministry wherewith they serve me in the tabernacle of the covenant: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/numbers/18.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And to the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they perform, the service of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And unto the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />"To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and to the sons of Levi, lo, I have given all the tenth in Israel for inheritance in exchange for their service which they are serving -- the service of the tent of meeting.<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/service_a_gift.htm">Service a Gift</a><br></span><span class="snippet">... I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift.'--NUM. xviii. 7. All Christians are priests--to offer sacrifices, alms, especially prayers; to make God known to men. I. Our priesthood is a gift of God's love. We are apt to think of our duties as burdensome. They are an honour and a mark of God's grace. 1. They are His gift-- (a) The power to do. All capacities and possessions from Him. (b) The wish to do. 'Worketh in you to will.' (c) The right to do, through Christ. 2. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/service_a_gift.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_angels_grieve_for_the.htm">Whether Angels Grieve for the Ills of those whom they Guard?</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Objection 1: It would seem that angels grieve for the ills of those whom they guard. For it is written (Is. 33:7): "The angels of peace shall weep bitterly." But weeping is a sign of grief and sorrow. Therefore angels grieve for the ills of those whom they guard. Objection 2: Further, according to Augustine (De Civ. Dei xiv, 15), "sorrow is for those things that happen against our will." But the loss of the man whom he has guarded is against the guardian angel's will. Therefore angels grieve for <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_angels_grieve_for_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Saint Thomas Aquinas—</span><span class="citation2">Summa Theologica</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/xii_circumcision_temple_service_and.htm">Circumcision, Temple Service, and Naming of Jesus. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">(the Temple at Jerusalem, b.c. 4) ^C Luke II. 21-39. ^c 21 And when eight days [Gen. xvii. 12] were fulfilled for circumcising him [The rite was doubtless performed by Joseph. By this rite Jesus was "made like unto his brethren" (Heb. ii. 16, 17); that is, he became a member of the covenant nation, and became a debtor to the law--Gal. v. 3] , his name was called JESUS [see Luke i. 59], which was so called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. [Luke i. 31.] 22 And when the days of their <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/xii_circumcision_temple_service_and.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">J. W. McGarvey—</span><span class="citation2">The Four-Fold Gospel</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/numbers.htm">Numbers</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Like the last part of Exodus, and the whole of Leviticus, the first part of Numbers, i.-x. 28--so called,[1] rather inappropriately, from the census in i., iii., (iv.), xxvi.--is unmistakably priestly in its interests and language. Beginning with a census of the men of war (i.) and the order of the camp (ii.), it devotes specific attention to the Levites, their numbers and duties (iii., iv.). Then follow laws for the exclusion of the unclean, v. 1-4, for determining the manner and amount of restitution <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/numbers.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Edgar McFadyen—</span><span class="citation2">Introduction to the Old Testament</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/18-21.htm">Numbers 18:21 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/numbers/18-21.htm">Numbers 18:21 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/numbers/18-21.htm">Numbers 18:21 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/numbers/18-21.htm">Numbers 18:21 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/numbers/18-21.htm">Numbers 18:21 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/18-21.htm">Numbers 18:21 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/numbers/18-21.htm">Numbers 18:21 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../numbers/18-20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 18:20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 18:20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../numbers/18-22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 18:22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 18:22" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/numbers/18-21.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>