Numbers 5:9
in Numbers 5Every sacred contribution the Israelites bring to the priest shall belong to him.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And every heave-offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they present unto the priest, shall be his.
KJV
And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
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This verse in Numbers 5
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Every sacred contribution the Israelites bring to the priest
on Numbers 5:9-11
Verse 9 rules that what the people bring “to the priest shall belong to him”, and the payment of verse 8 falls under that rule. The priests held no land, as Numbers 18:20 states, so what came in at the tent was their living.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel,.... Of the holy sacrifices brought by them to be offered up; that part of them which is elevated, heaved, or waved, as the heave shoulder and wave breast: which they bring unto the priest, shall be his; what they bring to him to offer for them shall be his who performs the service, even that part of them which is his due.
The other priests should not come in sharers with that priest who then officiated, and to whom the hallowed thing, whatever it was, was given. Let him that was most ready and diligent in attending fare the better for it: if he do the work, let him have the pay, and much good may it do him.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
A [ tenth of ] man’s sacred objects shall be his; whatever a man gives to the kohein, shall be his.
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. 4 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
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| תְּרוּמָ֞ה | terumah | contribution | H8641 → | 76 times |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| קָדְשֵׁ֧י | kadeshei | [the] holy things of | H6944 → | 469 times |
| בְנֵי־ | venei- | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יַקְרִ֥יבוּ | yakrivu | they will bring near | H7126 → | 280 times |
| לַכֹּהֵ֖ן | lakohen | to the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| ל֥וֹ | lo | to <the> him | ||
| יִהְיֶֽה׃ | yihyeh | it will belong | H1961 → | 3559 times |
וְכָל־and every
vekholH3605 →5413 times
תְּרוּמָ֞הcontribution
terumahH8641 →76 times
לְכָל־to all
lekholH3605 →5413 times
קָדְשֵׁ֧י[the] holy things of
kadesheiH6944 →469 times
בְנֵי־[the] people of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יַקְרִ֥יבוּthey will bring near
yakrivuH7126 →280 times
לַכֹּהֵ֖ןto the priest
lakohenH3548 →750 times
ל֥וֹto <the> him
lo
יִהְיֶֽה׃it will belong
yihyehH1961 →3559 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
Numbers 18:19All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 13:5
Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?
- Leviticus 2:13
And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to…
- Numbers 18:11
And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent…
- 2 Chronicles 13:5
Through
Exodus 29:28This will belong to Aaron and his sons as a regular portion from the Israelites, for it is the heave offering the Israelites will make to the LORD from their peace offerings.
it leads to
- Leviticus 10:14–15
And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you…
- Numbers 18:24
For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an…
- Deuteronomy 18:3
This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.
- Numbers 18:29
You must present the offering due the LORD from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.’
- Numbers 15:19–20
and you eat the food of the land, you shall lift up an offering to the LORD.
- Leviticus 10:14–15
Where this verse is studied
About Numbers
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.