Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 18

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Numbers 18 . 1 , The charge of the priests and Levites; Numbers 18 . 8 , The priests’ portion; Numbers 18 . 21 , The Levites’ portion; Numbers 18 . 25 , The heave offering to the priests out of the Levites’ portion.

Numbers 18:1

So the LORD said to Aaron, "You and your sons and your father's house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood.

Numbers 18:1 · BSB

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To counterbalance the high honour conferred on Aaron and his family , and to allay the fears and abate the envy of the people , it is here declared , that the priest must bear the blame of everything which was not properly conducted in the sanctuary

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Numbers 18:2

But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony.

Numbers 18:2 · BSB

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There is a fine paronomasia in the original. Levi is desired from lawah , to join , couple , associate; hence Moses says , the Levites yillawoo , "shall be joined ," or associated , with the priests . they shall conjointly perform the sacred office , but the priests shall be principal , the Levites their associates or assistants

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Numbers 18:3

And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die.

Numbers 18:3 · BSB

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Numbers 18:4

They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.

Numbers 18:4 · BSB

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Numbers 18:5

And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.

Numbers 18:5 · BSB

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Numbers 18:6

Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 18:6 · BSB

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Numbers 18:7

But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death."

Numbers 18:7 · BSB

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Numbers 18:8

Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.

Numbers 18:8 · BSB

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Numbers 18:9

A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.

Numbers 18:9 · BSB

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Numbers 18:10

You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.

Numbers 18:10 · BSB

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Numbers 18:11

And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.

Numbers 18:11 · BSB

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Numbers 18:12

I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.

Numbers 18:12 · BSB

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Heb. fat

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Numbers 18:13

The firstfruits of everything in their land that they bring to the LORD will belong to you. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat them.

Numbers 18:13 · BSB

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Numbers 18:14

Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.

Numbers 18:14 · BSB

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Numbers 18:15

The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.

Numbers 18:15 · BSB

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Numbers 18:16

You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.

Numbers 18:16 · BSB

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Redemption of the firstborn is one of the rites which are still practised among the Jews. According to Leo of Modena , it is performed in the following manner . . When the child is thirty days old , the father sends for one of the descendants of Aaron . several persons being assembled on the occasion , the father brings a cup , containing several pieces of gold and silver coin. The priest then takes the child into his arms , and addressing himself to the mother , he says , "Is this thy son?" Mother. "Yes." Priest. "Hast thou never had another child , male or female , a miscarriage , or untimely birth?" Mother. "No." Priest. "This being the case , this child , as firstborn , belongs to me." Then turning to the father , he says , "If it be thy desire to have this child , thou must redeem it." Father. "I present thee with this gold and silver for this purpose." Priest. "Thou dost wish , therefore , to redeem this child?" Father. "I do wish so to do." The priest then turning himself to the assembly , says , "Very well . this child , as first-born , is mine; as it is written in Bemidbar

  • Numbers 18:16 Thou shalt redeem the first-born of a month old for five shekels; but I shall content myself with this in exchange." He then takes two gold crowns , or thereabouts , and returns the child to his parents

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Numbers 18:17

But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Numbers 18:17 · BSB

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Numbers 18:18

And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.

Numbers 18:18 · BSB

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Numbers 18:19

All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring."

Numbers 18:19 · BSB

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Numbers 18:20

Then the LORD said to Aaron, "You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

Numbers 18:20 · BSB

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Sacrificial Gifts Eaten only in the sanctuary 1. The flesh of the sin-offering

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Thou shalt have The principal part of what was offered to God was the portion of the priests; who had no inheritance of land in Israel. The Rabbins say , 24 gifts were given to the priests; all of which are expressed in the law.

Numbers 18:21

Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 18:21 · BSB

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Numbers 18:22

No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.

Numbers 18:22 · BSB

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and die Heb. to die

Numbers 18:23

The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.

Numbers 18:23 · BSB

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Numbers 18:24

For 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."

Numbers 18:24 · BSB

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Numbers 18:26

“Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.

Numbers 18:26 · BSB

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Numbers 18:27

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

Numbers 18:27 · BSB

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Numbers 18:28

So 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.

Numbers 18:28 · BSB

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Numbers 18:29

You must present the offering due the LORD from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.’

Numbers 18:29 · BSB

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Heb. fat

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Numbers 18:30

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.

Numbers 18:30 · BSB

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Numbers 18:31

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

Numbers 18:31 · BSB

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Numbers 18:32

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, or else you will die.’”

Numbers 18:32 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web27 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations 2 Chronicles 13:5 → Numbers 18:19
Allusions Numbers 18:15 → Exodus 13:12, Numbers 18:15-18 → Exodus 13:12-13, Numbers 18:21 → Leviticus 27:30, Numbers 18:21-24 → Leviticus 27:30-33, Deuteronomy 14:22 → Numbers 18:21, Deuteronomy 14:22-29 → Numbers 18:21-24, 2 Chronicles 29:11 → Numbers 18:1, 2 Chronicles 29:11 → Numbers 18:1-7, Lamentations 3:22 → Numbers 18:20, Ezekiel 44:9 → Numbers 18:1, Ezekiel 44:9-16 → Numbers 18:1-7
Echoes 2 Chronicles 35:11 → Numbers 18:3, 2 Chronicles 35:11 → Numbers 18:3-4, 2 Chronicles 35:11 → Numbers 18:6, 2 Chronicles 35:5 → Numbers 18:3, 2 Chronicles 35:5 → Numbers 18:6, 2 Chronicles 35:5-6 → Numbers 18:3-4, 2 Chronicles 35:5-6 → Numbers 18:6, Lamentations 3:22-23 → Numbers 18:20
Trajectories
High Priest Seated at the Right Hand (Christ's Royal-Priestly Session), Levites (Substitutionary Service), New Moons (Renewal and Rest), Priestly Ministrations (Service and Sacrifice)
Chiasms
Shaped Numbers 18:1–7, Numbers 18:20–32, Numbers 18:8–19
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