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Out of all your gifts you shall offer every heave-offering of Yahweh, of all the best of it, even the holy part of it out of it.

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Give the Best from All You Get

Commentators explain that this command wasn't just about the Levites tithing the tithes they received. The principle applied to all their income, including personal gifts or produce from their own fields. This establishes a pattern of giving God the first and best portion from every source of blessing, not just a single designated one.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Numbers 18:29

18th Century

Theologian

Out of all your gifts - The spirit of this law would extend to all the revenues of the Levites; from the increase of their cattle, …

John Gill

John Gill

On Numbers 18:29

17th Century

Pastor

Out of all your gifts you shall offer every heave offering of
the Lord
Not only out o…

Matthew Henry

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…