The Meaning of Numbers 18:27 Explained

Numbers 18:27

KJV: 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.

YLT: and your heave-offering hath been reckoned to you as corn from the threshing-floor, and as fulness from the wine-vat;

Darby: And your heave-offering shall be reckoned unto you, as the corn from the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the winepress.

ASV: And your heave-offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the grain of the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the winepress.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Numbers 18:27 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 18:21-32 - Give God The Best
The inner service of the Tabernacle was assigned to the priests, who must be of the house of Aaron. The Levites were joined to the house of Aaron for the more menial service. In the earlier portion of this chapter, Numbers 18:5-20, the maintenance of the priests is provided for; and in this part, Numbers 18:21-32, the maintenance of the Levites. A tithe of the heave-offerings of Israel was assigned to them. It had been Levi's doom to be scattered in Israel, Genesis 49:7. But the curse was transmuted to blessing. They were summoned to perform the priestly office of the first-born, and God was not unmindful to reward them for their arduous labors. He Himself became their inheritance.
But though the Levite's sustenance was assured from the gifts of Israel, he was not absolved from the privilege and duty of contributing to the service of God. He, too, must offer a tithe for the support of the priests. "We are members one of another." [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 18

1  The charge of the priests and Levites
8  The priests, portion
21  The Levites,
25  The heave offering to the priests out of the Levites' portion

What do the individual words in Numbers 18:27 mean?

And shall be reckoned to you your heave offering as though [it were] the grain of the threshing floor and as the fullness the winepress
וְנֶחְשַׁ֥ב לָכֶ֖ם תְּרוּמַתְכֶ֑ם כַּדָּגָן֙ מִן־ הַגֹּ֔רֶן וְכַֽמְלֵאָ֖ה הַיָּֽקֶב

וְנֶחְשַׁ֥ב  And  shall  be  reckoned 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָשַׁב 
Sense: to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count.
לָכֶ֖ם  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
תְּרוּמַתְכֶ֑ם  your  heave  offering 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine plural
Root: תְּרוּמָה  
Sense: contribution, offering.
כַּדָּגָן֙  as  though  [it  were]  the  grain 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּגָן  
Sense: wheat, cereal, grain, corn.
הַגֹּ֔רֶן  the  threshing  floor 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: גֹּרֶן  
Sense: threshing-floor.
וְכַֽמְלֵאָ֖ה  and  as  the  fullness 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מְלֵאָה  
Sense: fullness, full produce.
הַיָּֽקֶב  the  winepress 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יֶקֶב  
Sense: wine vat, wine-press.