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Numberschapter 18

32 verses · Moses, by tradition · 15th to 13th century BC · The Law

Original Language

Numbers 18— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Numbers 18. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

Weekly portion 38 of 54

קֹרַח Korach, Numbers 16:1 to 18:32

Read with it: 1 Samuel 11:14 to 12:22.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

2 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 2 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Numbers 18:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

בְּקֹ֥דֶשׁbekodesh<in> [the] holy thing ofH6944הַקֳּדָשִׁ֖יםhakodashimthe holy thingsH6944תֹּאכֲלֶ֑נּוּtokhalenuyou will eat itH398כָּל־kol-everyH3605זָכָר֙zakharmaleH2145יֹאכַ֣לyokhalhe will eatH398אֹת֔וֹʾoto<obj.> itH853קֹ֖דֶשׁkodesha holy thingH6944יִֽהְיֶה־yihyeh-it will beH1961לָּֽךְ׃lakhfor <the> you

Ramban on Numbers 18:10

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
“This teaches us that the most holy offerings may only be eaten in the Sanctuary Court, and only by male priests.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

Numbers 18:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

כֹּ֚לkolallH3605חֵ֣לֶבchelev[the] best ofH2459יִצְהָ֔רyitzhar[the] fresh oilH3323וְכָל־vekholand allH3605חֵ֖לֶבchelev[the] best ofH2459תִּיר֣וֹשׁtiroosh[the] new wineH8492וְדָגָ֑ןvedaganand grainH1715רֵאשִׁיתָ֛םreshitamfirst [fruit] theirH7225אֲשֶׁר־ʾasher-whichH834יִתְּנ֥וּyitenuthey will giveH5414לַֽיהוָ֖הlayahwehto YahwehH3068לְךָ֥lekhato <the> youנְתַתִּֽים׃netatimI give themH5414

Rashi on Numbers 18:12

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
ראשיתם THE FIRST FRUITS OF THEM [WHICH THEY SHALL GIVE UNTO THE LORD; THEM I HAVE GIVEN THEE] — This refers to the “T’rumah Gedolah” (the priest’s portion of the produce which is the first portion to be set aside from the produce; cf. Deuteronomy:4).

Read it in full at Sefaria · Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934

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