Numbers 18:28

“So you also shall set apart a contribution for YHWH from all your tithes that you take from the sons of Israel, and you shall give from it the contribution for YHWH to Aaron the priest.”

Numbers 18:28 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 18:28, word by word

shall set apartתָּרִימוּtarimu

set apart

To lift and set apart a share, the contribution for the sanctuary or for God.

Where else “tarimu” appears
a contributionתְּרוּמַתterumat

contribution

Contribution: what is set apart from one's goods to give to God; also a portion set aside or a gift.

Where else “terumat” appears
for YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears
your tithesמַעְשְׂרֹתֵיmasrote

tithe

Tithe: a tenth of something.

Where else “masrote” appears
you takeתִּקְחוּtikchu

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

Where else “tikchu” appears
the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

Where else “bene” appears
of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

Where else “yisrael” appears
and you shall giveנְתַתֶּםnetatem

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “netatem” appears
to Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon

Aaron

Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.

Where else “aharon” appears
the priestכֹּהֵןkohen

priest

One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.

Where else “kohen” appears

The context

27And your contribution shall be counted to you as the grain from the threshing floor, and as the full produce from the winepress.

28 · This verse (above)

29From all your gifts you shall set apart every contribution for YHWH, from all the best of it, the holy part of it from it.

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