Numbers 18 — Overview

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This chapter gives an account of the distinct work and service of the priests and Levites, Nu 18:1; and of several things given to the priests for their maintenance, Nu 18:8; and of the tithes the Levites should have to live upon, since they were to have no inheritance in the land of Israel, Nu 18:20; and of the tenth out of those tithes they were to give to the high priest, Nu 18:25.

Ver. 1. And the Lord spake unto Aaron,....

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