and take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.’
Numbers 18:29 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Out of all the gifts to you, you shall present every offering due to the Lord, from all the best of them, giving the hallowed part from them.’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Out of all the gifts to you, you shall present every offering due to the Lord, of all the best of it, even the hallowed part lifted out and held back out of it [for the Levites]. American Standard Version (1901) Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave-offering of Jehovah, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. Common English Bible You will present each gift offering to the LORD from all your gifts, from its best portions and its holiest parts. Catholic Public Domain Version Everything which you shall offer from the tithes, and which you shall separate as gifts to the Lord, shall be the finest and most select. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All 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. |
and take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.’
It shall be for Aaron and his sons as a perpetual due from the people of Israel, for it is the priests' portion to be offered by the people of Israel from their peace offerings; it is their offering to the Lord.
So shall you also present an offering to the Lord from all your tithes, which you receive from the people of Israel; and from it you shall give the Lord's offering to Aaron the priest.
Therefore you shall say to them, ‘When you have offered from it the best of it, then the rest shall be reckoned to the Levites as produce of the threshing floor, and as produce of the wine press;