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Barnes' Notes on Numbers 18:24

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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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 tithes, being solemnly set apart for sacred purposes, became virtually a heave-offering, like the gifts for the tabernacle Exodus 25:2. return to 'Top of Page'
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