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Numbers 18:32

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Once you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best thereof: and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that ye die not.

KJV

And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.

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This verse in Numbers 18

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

And the LORD instructed Moses

on Numbers 18:25-32

The Levites give a tithe of the tithe, reckoned to them as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress. So men with no fields are credited with a harvest.

This site's exposition

you will not incur guilt because of it

The chapter opened with Aaron bearing iniquity at verse 1 and closes with the Levites free of guilt once the best part is given. The phrase incur guilt is the same one verse 22 set over the Israelites. Leviticus 22:15-16 warns the priests the same way.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

Neither shall ye pollute the holy things - As you will do, if you abuse their holy offerings, by reserving that entirely to yourselves, which they offer to God to be disposed as he hath appointed, namely, part to you, and part to the priests.
And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

It is your reward for your service; that meat is the best eating that is first earned; but, if any will not work, neither shall he eat, 2 Thess. iii. And that seems to be spoken of as having a particular comfort and satisfaction in it which is the reward of faithful service done in the tabernacle of the congregation. [2.] We must be sure that God has his dues out of it.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, &c.--Neglect in having the best entailed sin in the use of such unhallowed food. And the holy things would be polluted by the reservation to themselves of what should be offered to God and the priests.

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase

Neither shall ye pollute ... - Rather, and by not polluting the holy things of the children of Israel, ye shall not die.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְלֹֽא־and not

    velo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • תִשְׂא֤וּyou will bear

    tisuH5375 →656 times

  • עָלָיו֙on it

    ʾalavH5921 →5755 times

  • חֵ֔טְאsin

    chet'H2399 →33 times

  • בַּהֲרִֽימְכֶ֥םwhen offer up you

    baharimkhemH7311 →190 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • חֶלְבּ֖וֹbest of its

    chelboH2459 →92 times

  • מִמֶּ֑נּוּfrom <the> it

    mimenuH4480 →1188 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • קָדְשֵׁ֧י[the] holy gifts of

    kadesheiH6944 →469 times

  • בְנֵי־[the] people of

    venei-H1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • לֹ֥אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • תְחַלְּל֖וּyou will profane

    techaleluH2490 →143 times

  • וְלֹ֥אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • תָמֽוּתוּ׃ פyou will die

    tamutuH4191 →839 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Leviticus 22:15The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD5 worksLeviticus 19:8Whoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person must be cut off from his people.4 worksLeviticus 22:2“Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.3 worksLeviticus 22:9The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.3 works1 Corinthians 11:27Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.2 works1 Corinthians 11:29For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.2 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
Malachi 1:7By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.2 worksNumbers 18:22No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.2 worksEzra 2:63The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    1 Corinthians 11:27

    Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.

    it leads to

    • John 6:51

      I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is…

    • 1 Corinthians 10:21

      You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.

    • Hebrews 10:29

      How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of…

    • Numbers 9:13

      But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the…

    • Numbers 9:10

      “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.

  • Through

    1 Corinthians 11:29

    For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.

    it leads to

    • 1 Corinthians 11:27

      Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.

    • Ecclesiastes 8:5

      Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.

    • 1 Corinthians 11:30

      That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
Numbers: the study guide →Read Numbers 18 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; 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.

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