Num 18:20-24 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Num 18:20-21: 18:20-21 The priests and Levites did not have a tribal homeland but were scattered among Israel’s other tribes (cp. 35:1-8 ; Deut 12:12 ; Josh 21:1-42 ). • I am your share and your allotment: Instead of their own territory, Israel’s priests received the assurance that God himself would be their homeland, while the tribe of Levi received tithes in compensation for their sacred service.

a18:20-21►

b35:1-8►

cDeut 12:12►

dJosh 21:1-42►

e18:23-24►

fDeut 14:22-29►

g26:12►

hNeh 10:35-39►

iMal 3:8-12►

jMatt 23:23►

kGen 14:17-20►

lHeb 7:5-10►

‏ Numbers 18:20-24

Summary for Num 18:20-21: 18:20-21 ^a The priests and Levites did not have a tribal homeland but were scattered among Israel’s other tribes (cp. 35:1-8 ^b; Deut 12:12 ^c; Josh 21:1-42 ^d).

• I am your share and your allotment: Instead of their own territory, Israel’s priests received the assurance that God himself would be their homeland, while the tribe of Levi received tithes in compensation for their sacred service.
Summary for Num 18:23-24: 18:23-24 ^e The Israelites’ tithes were one tenth of the year’s production of goods (see Deut 14:22-29 ^f; 26:12 ^g; Neh 10:35-39 ^h; Mal 3:8-12 ⁱ; Matt 23:23 ^j; cp. Gen 14:17-20 ^k; Heb 7:5-10 ^l).