Numbers 18 · Verse 28

Numbers 18:28

Thus 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.
Numbers 18:28, King James Version

Numbers 18:28 in other translations

BSBSo you are to present an offering to the LORD from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites, and from these you are to give the LORD’s offering to Aaron the priest.
WEBThus you also shall offer a wave offering to the LORD of all your tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel; and of it you shall give the LORD’s wave offering to Aaron the priest.
ASVThus ye also shall offer a heave-offering unto Jehovah of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and thereof ye shall give Jehovah’s heave-offering to Aaron the priest.
YLTso ye do lift up--ye also--the heave-offering of Jehovah from all your tithes which ye receive from the sons of Israel; and ye have given from it the heave-offering of Jehovah to Aaron the priest;
DARBYThus ye also shall offer Jehovah's heave-offering of all your tithes, which ye take of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof Jehovah's heave-offering to Aaron the priest.
BBESo you are to make an offering lifted up to the Lord from all the tenths which you get from the children of Israel, giving out of it the Lord's lifted offering to Aaron the priest.
WebsterThus ye also shall offer a heave-offering to the LORD of all your tithes which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give of them the LORD'S heave-offering to Aaron the priest.

What does Numbers 18:28 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 Thus ye also shall offer a heave-offering - As the Levites had the tithe of the whole land, they themselves were obliged to give the tithe of this tithe to the priests, so that this considerably lessened their revenue. And this tithe or tenth they were obliged to select from the best part of the substance they had received, Num 18:29, etc. A portion of all must be given to God, as an evidence of his goodness, and their dependence on him. See the end at Num 20:28.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 18:28 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כֵּ֣ןkenthusH3651
תָּרִ֤ימוּta.Ri.muyou will offer upH7311
גַם\־gam-alsoH1571
אַתֶּם֙'a.TemyouH859
תְּרוּמַ֣תte.ru.Mat<the> contribution ofH8641
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
מִכֹּל֙mi.Kolfrom allH3605
מַעְשְׂרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םma'.se.Ro.tei.Khemtithes yourH4643
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
תִּקְח֔וּtik.Chuyou will takeH3947
מֵאֵ֖תme.'Etfrom withH854
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וּנְתַתֶּ֤םu.ne.ta.Temand you will giveH5414
מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙mi.Me.nufrom itH4480
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
תְּרוּמַ֣תte.ru.Mat[the] contribution ofH8641
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
לְאַהֲרֹ֖ןle.'a.ha.Ronto AaronH175
הַכֹּהֵֽן\׃ha.ko.Henthe priestH3548

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Cross references for Numbers 18:28

  • Genesis 14:18

    And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.

  • Hebrews 6:20-7:10

    Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
and ye shall.
Ge 14:18; Heb 6:20; 7:1-10

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Context

  • Numbers 18:27

    And 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.

  • Numbers 18:28

    Thus 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.

  • 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.

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Numbers 18:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Así ofreceréis también vosotros ofrenda á Jehová de todos vuestros diezmos que hubiereis recibido de los hijos de Israel; y daréis de ellos la ofrenda de Jehová á Aarón el sacerdote.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ainsi, vous aussi, vous offrirez une offrande élevée à l’ Éternel, de toutes vos dîmes que vous prendrez de la part des fils d’Israël; et vous en donnerez l’offrande élevée de l’ Éternel à Aaron, le sacrificateur.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Also sollt auch ihr ein Hebopfer für Jehova heben von allen euren Zehnten, die ihr von den Kindern Israel nehmet, und davon das Hebopfer für Jehova Aaron, dem Priester, geben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et universis quorum accipitis primitias, offerte Domino, et date Aaron sacerdoti.