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Set aside a tithe each planting year and give it to a Levite

Commandment 260Positive commandmentParashat KorachTithes

Scripture

"For the tithe of the sons of Israel, which they offer as an offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance; therefore I have said concerning them, 'They shall have no inheritance among the sons of Israel.'"

Hebrew

כד כִּי אֶת-מַעְשַׂר בְּנֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל, אֲשֶׁר יָרִימוּ לַיהוָה תְּרוּמָה, נָתַתִּי לַלְוִיִּם, לְנַחֲלָה; עַל-כֵּן, אָמַרְתִּי לָהֶם, בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, לֹא יִנְחֲלוּ נַחֲלָה. {פ}

Greek

24 ὅτι τὰ ἐπιδέκατα τῶν υἱῶν Ισραηλ, ὅσα ἂν ἀφορίσωσιν κυρίῳ ἀφαίρεμα, δέδωκα τοῖς Λευίταις ἐν κλήρῳ· διὰ τοῦτο εἴρηκα αὐτοῖς Ἐν μέσῳ υἱῶν Ισραηλ οὐ κληρονομήσουσιν κλῆρον.

Classification

  • Parashah: Korach
  • Sefer HaChinuch: 395
  • Mishneh Torah: Seeds — Tithes

Stated in

Enumeration and classification from BibleData. The Greek is the Septuagint reading of the same verse, carried by the source for comparison.