Numbers 18:9
in Numbers 18A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, even every meal-offering of theirs, and every sin-offering of theirs, and every trespass-offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.
KJV
This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.
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This verse in Numbers 18
Commentary
5 notes on this verseMost holy - Such as were to be eaten only by the priests, and that in the sanctuary. Reserved - That is, such sacrifices or parts of sacrifices as were not burnt in the fire. Render unto me - By way of compensation for a trespass committed against me, in which case a ram was to be offered, which was a most holy thing, and may be particularly designed here.
This site's exposition
Behold, I also have given thee the charge
on Numbers 18:8-14
The portions are sorted by two rules and the text marks the difference without explaining it. The most holy things of verses 9 and 10 are eaten by the males of the priestly families inside the sanctuary, while the heave offerings, the wave offerings and the firstfruits of verses 11 to 13 are eaten by every clean person in the priest's house, daughters included. Albert Barnes reads the phrase in the most holy place at verse 10 as among the most holy things, which turns the sentence from a place into a class. Paul cites this arrangement by name at 1 Corinthians 9:13, that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), which was to be eaten by the priests themselves, and in the court of the tabernacle only; but other perquisites were less holy, of which their families might eat, at their own houses, provided they were clean,
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This shall be thine of the most holy things,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of my heave offerings--A recapitulation is made in this passage of certain perquisites specially appropriated to the maintenance of the priests.
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
“This teaches us that the most holy offerings may only be eaten in the Sanctuary Court, and only by male priests.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
23 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זֶֽה־ | zeh- | this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| יִהְיֶ֥ה | yihyeh | it will belong | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לְךָ֛ | lekha | to <the> you | ||
| מִקֹּ֥דֶשׁ | mikodesh | from [the] holy thing of | H6944 → | 469 times |
| הַקֳּדָשִׁ֖ים | hakodashim | the holy things | H6944 → | 469 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הָאֵ֑שׁ | haesh | the fire | H784 → | 378 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| קָ֠רְבָּנָם | karebanom | offering their | H7133 → | 82 times |
| לְֽכָל־ | lekhol | to every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מִנְחָתָ֞ם | minchatam | grain offering their | H4503 → | 211 times |
| וּלְכָל־ | ulekhol- | and to every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חַטָּאתָ֗ם | chatatam | sin offering their | H2403 → | 295 times |
| וּלְכָל־ | ulekhol- | and to every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשָׁמָם֙ | ʾashamam | guilt offering their | H817 → | 46 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יָשִׁ֣יבוּ | yashivu | they will give back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| לִ֔י | li | to <the> me | ||
| קֹ֣דֶשׁ | kodesh | [will be] a holy thing of | H6944 → | 469 times |
| קָֽדָשִׁ֥ים | kadashim | holy things | H6944 → | 469 times |
| לְךָ֛ | lekha | for <the> you | ||
| ה֖וּא | hu' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וּלְבָנֶֽיךָ׃ | ulevaneikha | and for sons your | H1121 → | 4930 times |
זֶֽה־this
zeh-H2088 →1180 times
יִהְיֶ֥הit will belong
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
לְךָ֛to <the> you
lekha
מִקֹּ֥דֶשׁfrom [the] holy thing of
mikodeshH6944 →469 times
הַקֳּדָשִׁ֖יםthe holy things
hakodashimH6944 →469 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הָאֵ֑שׁthe fire
haeshH784 →378 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
קָ֠רְבָּנָםoffering their
karebanomH7133 →82 times
לְֽכָל־to every
lekholH3605 →5413 times
מִנְחָתָ֞םgrain offering their
minchatamH4503 →211 times
וּלְכָל־and to every
ulekhol-H3605 →5413 times
חַטָּאתָ֗םsin offering their
chatatamH2403 →295 times
וּלְכָל־and to every
ulekhol-H3605 →5413 times
אֲשָׁמָם֙guilt offering their
ʾashamamH817 →46 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יָשִׁ֣יבוּthey will give back
yashivuH7725 →1056 times
לִ֔יto <the> me
li
קֹ֣דֶשׁ[will be] a holy thing of
kodeshH6944 →469 times
קָֽדָשִׁ֥יםholy things
kadashimH6944 →469 times
לְךָ֛for <the> you
lekha
ה֖וּאit
hu'H1931 →1879 times
וּלְבָנֶֽיךָ׃and for sons your
ulevaneikhaH1121 →4930 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 4:27And if one of the common people sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the LORD’s commandments, he incurs guilt.
it leads to
- Leviticus 4:2
“Tell the Israelites to do as follows with one who sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s commandments and does what is forbidden by them:
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 15:27
Also, if one person sins unintentionally, he is to present a year-old female goat as a sin offering.
- Leviticus 4:2
Through
Leviticus 4:22When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the commandments of the LORD his God, he incurs guilt.
it leads to
- Leviticus 4:13
Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they violate any of the LORD’s commandments and incur guilt by doing what is…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 4:13
Through
Leviticus 7:7The guilt offering is like the sin offering; the same law applies to both. It belongs to the priest who makes atonement with it.
it leads to
- Leviticus 6:25–26
“Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the LORD; it is…
- Leviticus 14:13
Then he is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area where the sin offering and burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most…
- Leviticus 6:25–26
Through
Leviticus 14:13Then he is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area where the sin offering and burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most…
it leads to
- Leviticus 4:24
He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.
- Exodus 29:11
And you shall slaughter the bull before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 1:11
He shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to sprinkle its blood against the altar on all sides.
- Leviticus 4:24
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
