Numbers 18:26-32 ▼

26 “Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you⁺ receive from the Israelites (God prevails) the tithe that I have given you⁺ as your⁺ inheritance, you⁺ must present part of it as an offering to the LORD {YHWH}—a tithe of the tithe.

27 Your⁺ offering will be reckoned to you⁺ as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress.

28 So you⁺ are to present an offering to the LORD {YHWH} from all the tithes you⁺ receive from the Israelites (God prevails), and from these you⁺ are to give the LORD’s offering to Aaron (light bringer) the priest.

29 You⁺ must present the offering due the LORD {YHWH} from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.’

30 Therefore say to the Levites, ‘When you⁺ have presented the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the produce of the threshing floor or winepress.

31 And you⁺ and your⁺ households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your⁺ work at the Tent of Meeting.

32 Once you⁺ have presented the best part of it, you⁺ will not incur guilt because of it. But you⁺ must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites (God prevails), or else you⁺ will die.’”