Numbers 18:30

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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.”

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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye heave the best thereof from it, then it shall be reckoned unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the winepress.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And thou hast said unto them, In your lifting up its fat out of it, then it hath been reckoned to the Levites, as increase of a threshing-floor, and as increase of a wine-vat;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 18:30 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 43:11Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
  2. Numbers 18:27Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress.
  3. Deuteronomy 6:5And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
  4. Proverbs 3:9Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
  5. Malachi 1:8When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.
  6. Matthew 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
  7. Matthew 10:37Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
  8. Philippians 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ

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