23 But the Levites shall perform the work of the tabernacle of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a statute forever, throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
24 For the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer up as a heave offering to the Lord, I have given to the Levites as an inheritance; therefore I have said to them, ‘Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.’ ”
The Tithe of the Levites
25 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
26 “Speak thus to the Levites, and say to them: ‘When you take from the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them as your inheritance, then you shall offer up a heave offering of it to the Lord, aa tenth of the tithe.
27 And your heave offering shall be reckoned to you as though it were the grain of the athreshing floor and as the fullness of the winepress.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Numbers 18:25.
Numbers 18:25-32
In verse 27 where He talks about the Levites, I imagine this, along with Numbers 18:25-32 was the inspiration for Mr. Armstrong's decision to institute what we call "tithe of the tithe." Numbers 18:25-32 was a tithe that the Levites paid themselves, and it went, I believe, to the priests. I am not sure about that. I should have studied into it a little bit more, but it is called in the New King James "the tithe of the tithe." They received the tithes of the people, and then ten percent went to the priests.
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