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A Divine Inheritance
Commentators explain that the tithe was not a direct payment from the Israelites to the Levites. Instead, the people offered the tithe to God as a sacred 'heave-offering,' and then God gave it to the Levites. This established the Levites' provision as a divine right, as secure as the other tribes' land inheritance, coming directly from God himself.
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Albert Barnes
On Numbers 18:24
18th Century
Theologian
Here the tithes (and in Numbers 18:26 the priestly tithes) are to be dedicated to their purpose by the ceremony of heaving them to the Lord. The ti…
Charles Ellicott
On Numbers 18:24
19th Century
Bishop
But the tithes ... — Better, for the tithes ... This verse assigns the reason why the Levites were to have no inheritance…
John Gill
On Numbers 18:24
17th Century
Pastor
But the tithe of the children of Israel
The tenth of the produce of their land, as before:
which …
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Matthew Henry
On Numbers 18:20–32
17th Century
Minister
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 In…