Numbers 18:26

New Century Version

“Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘You will receive a tenth of everything the Israelites make, which I will give to you. But you must give a tenth of that back to the Lord.

Cross References

Nehemiah 10:38

A priest of Aaron’s family must be with the Levites when they receive the tenth of the people’s crops. The Levites must bring a tenth of all they receive to the Temple of our God to put in the storerooms of the treasury.

Nehemiah 10:39

The people of Israel and the Levites are to bring to the storerooms the gifts of grain, new wine, and oil. That is where the utensils for the Temple are kept and where the priests who are serving, the gatekeepers, and singers stay. We will not ignore the Temple of our God.

Numbers 15:21

From now on offer to the Lord the first part of your grain.

Numbers 18:21

“When the people of Israel give me a tenth of what they make, I will give that tenth to the Levites. This is their payment for the work they do serving at the Meeting Tent.

Numbers 18:25

The Lord said to Moses,

Numbers 18:27

I will accept your offering just as much as I accept the offerings from others, who give new grain or new wine.

Hebrews 7:5

Now the law says that those in the tribe of Levi who become priests must collect a tenth from the people—their own people—even though the priests and the people are from the family of Abraham.