18:24 But I have given24 to the Levites for an inheritance the tithes of the Israelites that are offered25 to the Lord as a raised offering. That is why I said to them that among the Israelites they are to have no inheritance.”
tn The classification of the perfect tense here too could be the perfect of resolve, since this law is declaring what will be their portion—“I have decided to give.”
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tn In the Hebrew text the verb has no expressed subject (although the “Israelites” is certainly intended), and so it can be rendered as a passive.