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Numbers 18:28

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Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the Lord of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the Lord’s heave offering to Aaron the priest.
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  1. Genesis 14:18Rank 1 from verse 28
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    18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.

  2. Hebrews 6:20–7:10Rank 2 from verse 28
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    6:20Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

    7:1FOR this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;

    7:2To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;

    7:3Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.

    7:4Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

    7:5And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

    7:6But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

    7:7And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.

    7:8And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

    7:9And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.

    7:10For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.

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Numbers 18:28

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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offering

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Sense 1: A gift, contribution, sacrifice, or other thing presented to God or another. Sense 2: The act of presenting, bringing, or giving something; also the present-participial form of offer.

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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tithes

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Sense 1: Tenth parts given or owed. Sense 2: As a verb, gives or pays a tenth part.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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priest

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One appointed to sacred service, ministering in things pertaining to God or a deity, especially by offering gifts or sacrifices.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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18:25¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

18:26Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe.

18:27And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.

18:28Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the Lord of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the Lord’s heave offering to Aaron the priest.

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18:29Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the Lord, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.

18:30Therefore 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.

18:31And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.

18:32And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.

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