Mitzvah #253 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„The Levite must set aside a tenth of his tithe for the priest“
Scripture Reference: NUM 18:26 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Korach)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"Moreover, you shall speak to the Levites and say to them, 'When you take from the sons of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present an offering from it to the LORD, a tithe of the tithe.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
כו וְאֶל-הַלְוִיִּם תְּדַבֵּר, וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם, כִּי-תִקְחוּ מֵאֵת בְּנֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת-הַמַּעֲשֵׂר אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לָכֶם מֵאִתָּם, בְּנַחֲלַתְכֶם--וַהֲרֵמֹתֶם מִמֶּנּוּ תְּרוּמַת יְהוָה, מַעֲשֵׂר מִן-הַמַּעֲשֵׂר.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
26 Καὶ τοῖς Λευίταις λαλήσεις καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτούς Ἐὰν λάβητε παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ισραηλ τὸ ἐπιδέκατον, ὃ δέδωκα ὑμῖν παρ᾿ αὐτῶν ἐν κλήρῳ, καὶ ἀφελεῖτε ὑμεῖς ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἀφαίρεμα κυρίῳ ἐπιδέκατον ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐπιδεκάτου.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Korach
Sefer HaChinuch Number #396
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Seeds (Buch 7)
Section: Heave Offerings
Systematic Category (P119f) Terumah and Tithes