A priest descended from Aaron is to accompany the Levites when they receive the tithes, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of the tithes up to the house of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury.
Numbers 15:21 - New International Version (Anglicised) Throughout the generations to come you are to give this offering to the Lord from the first of your ground meal. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Of the first of your coarse meal you shall give to the Lord a portion for a gift throughout your generations [your heave or lifted-out offering]. American Standard Version (1901) Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto Jehovah a heave-offering throughout your generations. Common English Bible You will give a gift offering from the first bread you bake for all time. Catholic Public Domain Version so also shall you give the first-fruits of your cooked grains to the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So also shall you give first-fruits of your dough to the Lord. |
A priest descended from Aaron is to accompany the Levites when they receive the tithes, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of the tithes up to the house of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury.
‘Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God. ‘Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
This is always to be the regular share from the Israelites for Aaron and his sons. It is the contribution the Israelites are to make to the Lord from their fellowship offerings.
The best of all the firstfruits and of all your special gifts will belong to the priests. You are to give them the first portion of your ground meal so that a blessing may rest on your household.
You must not eat any bread, or roasted or new grain, until the very day you bring this offering to your God. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.
Present a loaf from the first of your ground meal and present it as an offering from the threshing-floor.
‘ “Now if you as a community unintentionally fail to keep any of these commands the Lord gave Moses –
‘Speak to the Levites and say to them: “When you receive from the Israelites the tithe I give you as your inheritance, you must present a tenth of that tithe as the Lord’s offering.