Numbers 18:29
“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.”
Numbers 18:29 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- 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.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- 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.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- 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.
- DARBYDarby
- Out of all that is given you ye shall offer the whole heave-offering of Jehovah, of all the best thereof the hallowed part thereof.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- Out of all your gifts you shall offer every wave offering of Yahweh, of all its best, even the holy part of it out of it.'
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- out of all your gifts ye do lift up the whole heave-offering of Jehovah; out of all its fat, ; its hallowed part ; out of it.
- BPVBiblePics Version
- "From all your gifts, you shall offer every heave offering of the Lord, from the best of them, even the hallowed part from it."
Context: Numbers 18
27And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
28Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD'S heave offering to Aaron the priest.
29Out 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.
30Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
31And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
About Numbers 18: The Duties of the Priests and Levites
God commands that the priests, the descendants of Aaron, have the responsibility of the care of the sanctuary and the performance of the priestly service.
Commentary
In Numbers 18, the Lord instructs Aaron and his sons to take responsibility for the duties of the priests. He tells them that they are to be responsible for the offerings of the people, the most holy things, and the altar. He also tells them that they are to be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and all its furnishings.