Genesis 47:26 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁶ So Joseph made it a law, still in effect today in the land of Egypt, that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt–to this day–that Pharaoh should have the fifth part [of the crops]; it was the priests' land only which did not become Pharaoh's.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone became not Pharaoh’s.

Common English Bible

²⁶ So Joseph made a law that still exists today: Pharaoh receives one-fifth from Egypt’s farmland. Only the priests’ farmland didn’t become Pharaoh’s.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ From that time, even to the present day, in the entire land of Egypt, the fifth part is turned over to the kings, and it has become like a law, except in the land of the priests, which was free from this condition.

Genesis 47:26 Cross References

Genesis 14:20

and blessed be God Most High who has handed over your enemies to you. And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

Genesis 28:22

This stone that I have set up as a marker will be God’s house, and I will give to you a tenth of all that you give me.’

Genesis 41:34

Let Pharaoh do this: let him appoint overseers over the land and take a fifth of the harvest of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.

Genesis 47:22

The only land he did not acquire belonged to the priests, for they had an allowance from Pharaoh. They ate from their allowance that Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their land.

Genesis 47:25

‘You have saved our lives,’ they said. ‘We have found favour with our lord and will be Pharaoh’s slaves.’

Ezra 7:24

Be advised that you do not have authority to impose tribute, duty, and land tax on any priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.

Ezekiel 7:24

So I will bring the most evil of nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the strong, and their sacred places will be profaned.

Leviticus 27:30

‘Every tenth of the land’s produce, grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord;  it is holy to the Lord.

Numbers 18:21

‘Look, I have given the Levites every tenth  in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the work of the tent of meeting.

Deuteronomy 14:22

‘Each year you are to set aside a tenth of all the produce grown in your fields.

Deuteronomy 26:12

‘When you have finished paying all the tenth of your produce in the third year,  the year of the tenth, you are to give it to the Levites, resident foreigners, fatherless children, and widows, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied.