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18:27

18:25	God spoke to Moses, telling him to Vayedaber Adonay el-Moshe lemor.
18:26	speak to the Levites and say to them: When you take from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance from them, you must separate from it an elevated gift to God, a tithe of the tithe. Ve'el-haLevi'im tedaber ve'amarta alehem ki-tikchu me'et bney-Yisra'el et-hama'aser asher natati lachem me'itam benachalatchem vaharemotem mimenu trumat Adonay ma'aser min-hama'aser.
18:27	This [tithe given to you by the Israelites] is your own elevated gift. and it is exactly like grain from the threshing floor or wine from the vat. Venechshav lachem trumatchem kadagan min-hagoren vechamle'ah min-hayakev.

Commentary:

a tithe of the tithe
The Levites had to take a tenth of their tithe which in turn was one tenth of the Israelite's produce. Hence this 'terumath maaser' was 1% of the produce.

This tithe...
Or, 'That which you give as an elevated gift [to the priest] shall be considered like [the elevated gift] taken from... (Rashi).

wine
Meleah in Hebrew, see Exodus 22:8. Or, 'best wine' (Saadia; cf. Targum Yonathan), or, 'offerings' (Septuagint).

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