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Therefore you shall tell them, When you heave the best of it from it, then it shall be reckoned to the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the wine-press.
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God's Provision is Legitimate
Commentators explain that once the Levites gave their required 'tithe of the tithe' to the priests, the remaining portion was fully and legitimately theirs. It was to be 'reckoned' as their own produce, just like the grain and wine of any other Israelite. This affirmed that their sacred service was their work, and God's provision through the tithe was their rightful income.
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19th Century
Anglican
As the increase of the threshing-floor.— As the tithe rendered to the priests was to be regarded in the same light as if …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore you shall say to them The Targum of Jonathan is, ``you shall say to them the priests;'' but the words seem…
Presbyterian
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…
