complete verse (Numbers 18:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 18:26:

  • Kupsabiny: “‘Tell the Levites, ‘When the Israelites have given you (plur.) one in ten of the food that they have received/gotten, you too must take one in ten of those foods and give to me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Tell the Levites: ‘Having taken the tithe that I have given from the Israelites as your claim to an inheritance, from that you must offer a tithe to the LORD. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “to say this to the Levites: ‘When you (plur.) receive the tenth which I will-give to you (plur.) as your (plur.) portion/share, you (plur.) must also give your (plur.) tenth from the said tenth as offering to me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Tell this to the descendants of Levi: ‘When you receive one tenth of all the crops and animals from the Israeli people, you must give one tenth of all that to me to be a sacred offering.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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