Numbers 18 · Verse 24

Numbers 18:24

But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
Numbers 18:24, King James Version

Numbers 18:24 in other translations

BSBFor I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”
WEBFor the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a wave offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance. Therefore I have said to them, ‘Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.’”
ASVFor the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave-offering unto Jehovah, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
YLTbut the tithe of the sons of Israel which they lift up to Jehovah, a heave-offering, I have given to the Levites for inheritance; therefore I have said of them, In the midst of the sons of Israel they have no inheritance.'
DARBYfor I have given for an inheritance to the Levites the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave-offering to Jehovah; therefore I have said of them, They shall possess no inheritance among the children of Israel.
BBEFor the tenths which the children of Israel give as a lifted offering to the Lord I have given to the Levites as their heritage. and so I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they will have no heritage.
WebsterBut the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave-offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

What does Numbers 18:24 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 18:20-32

As Israel was a people not to be numbered among the nations, so Levi was a tribe to be distinguished from the rest. Those who have God for their Inheritance and their Portion for ever, ought to look with holy contempt and indifference upon the possessions of this world. The Levites were to give God his dues out of their tithes, as well as the Israelites out of their increase. See, in ver. #(31), the way to have…

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Numbers 18:24 in the original Hebrew

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כִּ֞יkiforH3588
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מַעְשַׂ֣רma'.Sar[the] tithe ofH4643
בְּנֵֽי\־be.nei-[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834
יָרִ֤ימוּya.Ri.muthey will offer upH7311
לַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
תְּרוּמָ֔הte.ru.Maha contributionH8641
נָתַ֥תִּיna.Ta.tiI giveH5414
לַלְוִיִּ֖םlal.vi.Yimto the LevitesH3881
לְנַחֲלָ֑הle.na.cha.Lahfor an inheritanceH5159
עַל\־'al-there-H5921
כֵּן֙ken-foreH3651
אָמַ֣רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiI have saidH559
לָהֶ֔םla.Hemof <the> them
בְּתוֹךְ֙be.toKhin amongH8432
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
יִנְחֲל֖וּyin.cha.Luthey will inheritH5157
נַחֲלָֽה\׃\ \פna.cha.Lahan inheritanceH5159

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Cross references for Numbers 18:24

  • Numbers 18:26

    Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe.

  • Malachi 3:8-10

    Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

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Context

  • Numbers 18:23

    But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

  • Numbers 18:24

    But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

  • Numbers 18:25

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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Numbers 18:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque á los Levitas he dado por heredad los diezmos de los hijos de Israel, que ofrecerán á Jehová en ofrenda: por lo cual les he dicho: Entre los hijos de Israel no poseerán heredad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		car j’ai donné pour héritage aux Lévites les dîmes des fils d’Israël, qu’ils offrent à l’ Éternel en offrande élevée; c’est pourquoi j’ai dit d’eux qu’ils ne posséderont pas d’héritage au milieu des fils d’Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871		denn den Zehnten der Kinder Israel, welchen sie Jehova als Hebopfer heben, habe ich den Leviten zum Erbteil gegeben; darum habe ich von ihnen gesagt, daß sie inmitten der Kinder Israel kein Erbteil besitzen sollen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		decimarum oblatione contenti, quas in usus eorum et necessaria separavi.