Numbers 18:24
Because the tenth of the sons of Israel which they shall offer up unto Yahweh as a heave-offering, have I given unto the Levites as an inheritance,—for this cause, said I regarding them, In the midst of the sons of Israel, shall they take no inheritance.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
25Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:
Cross References
Leviticus 27:30And, as for all the tithe of the land whether of the seed of the land, [or] of the fruit of the trees, unto Yahweh, it belongeth,—as something holy unto Yahweh.
Numbers 26:62And they who were numbered of them were found to be—twenty-three thousand, all the males from one month old and upwards—for they had not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, because there was given unto them no inheritance, in the midst of the sons of Israel.
Joshua 13:14Howbeit, unto the tribe of Levi, gave he no inheritance,—the altar-flames of Yahweh God of Israel, are his inheritance, as he spake unto him.
Nehemiah 13:12Then, all Judah, brought in the tithe of corn, and new wine, and oil, unto the treasuries;
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 →