Numbers 18:30

And thou shalt say to them: If you offer all the goodly and the better things of the tithes, it shall be reckoned to you as if you had given the firstfruits of the barnfloor and the winepress:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.

In Context

29All the things that you shall offer of the tithes, and shall separate for the gifts of the Lord, shall be the best and choicest things.

31And you shall eat them in all your places, both you and your families: because it is your reward for the ministry, wherewith you serve in the tabernacle of the testimony.

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Cross References

Numbers 18:27That it may be reckoned to you as an oblation of firstfruits, as well of the barnfloors as of the winepresses:

Proverbs 3:9Honour the Lord with thy substance, and give him of the first of all thy fruits :

Matthew 6:33Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.

Philippians 3:8Furthermore I count all things to be but loss for the excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord; for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but as dung, that I may gain Christ:

Matthew Henry on Numbers 18:21-32

The Priests and Levites Provided For. ( b. c. 1490.) 20 And the Lord spake 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. 21 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. 22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the… Read the whole commentary →

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