KJV ORIGINAL
And 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.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Your contribution will be counted as valuable to you, just like grain from the threshing floor and wine from the winepress.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God is telling the Levites that their offerings will be considered just as valuable as the crops that other tribes harvest from their own land.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of God's instructions about how the Levites (the priestly tribe) would be supported, since they received no land inheritance like the other tribes. The Levites would receive tithes from the other tribes, and when they gave their own offerings from these tithes, God would count it as equivalent to offerings made from personally harvested crops.
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