Tell them to bring your father and their families back here to me. I will give you the best land in Egypt to live on. And your family can eat the best food we have here.”
Numbers 18:29 - Easy To Read Version When the people of Israel give you one tenth of everything that they own, then you should choose the best and the holiest part of those things. That is the one tenth that you must give to the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Tell them to bring your father and their families back here to me. I will give you the best land in Egypt to live on. And your family can eat the best food we have here.”
The people of Israel will always give Aaron and his sons these parts. Those parts will always belong to the priests when the people of Israel make an offering to the Lord. When they give these parts to the priest, it will be the same as giving them to the Lord.
In this way, you will also give an offering to the Lord in the same way that the other people of Israel do. You will get the one tenth that the people of Israel give to the Lord. And then you will give one tenth of that to Aaron the priest.
“Moses, tell the Levite people: The people of Israel will give you one tenth of their harvest and of their wine. Then you will give the best part of that to the Lord.