Numbers 18:31

Numbers 18:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
• New International Version (NIV)You and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere, for it is your wages for your work at the tent of meeting.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And you may eat it in any place, you and your households, for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You may eat it in any place, you and your households, for it is your reward for your work in the tabernacle of meeting.

Context of Numbers 18:31

29Out of all your gifts, you shall present every offering due to the Lord, from all the best of it, even the sacred part from them.’ 30Therefore you shall say to them, ‘When you have offered the best from it, then the rest shall be credited to the Levites as the product of the threshing floor, and as the product of the wine vat. You may eat it anywhere, you and [the members of] your households, for it is your compensation in return for your service in the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle). 32You will bear no sin because of it when you have offered the best of it; but you shall not profane the sacred gifts of the children of Israel, or you will die [because of it].’ ”

Numbers 18:31 word by word

וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֤ם אֹתוֹ֙ בְּכָל־מָק֔וֹם אַתֶּ֖ם וּבֵֽיתְכֶ֑ם כִּֽי־שָׂכָ֥ר הוּא֙ לָכֶ֔ם חֵ֥לֶף עֲבֹֽדַתְכֶ֖ם בְּאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And ye shall eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• it in every placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• ye and your householdsבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• your rewardשָׂכָרώâkâr · wagesH7939
• forחֵ֫לֶףchêleph · forH2500
• your serviceעֲבֹדָה‛ăbôdâh ‛ăbôdâh · service: ministryH5656
• in the tabernacleאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• of the congregationמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meetingH4150

Cross-references for Numbers 18:31

• Deuteronomy 14:22“Every year you shall certainly tithe [a tenth] of all the yield of your seed which is produced by your field.
• Matthew 10:10or a provision bag for your journey, or even two tunics, or sandals, or a staff; for the worker deserves his support.
• Luke 10:7Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not move from house to house.
• 1 Corinthians 9:10Or does He speak entirely for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake: The plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the harvest.
• 2 Corinthians 12:13For in what respect were you treated as inferior to the rest of the churches, except [for the fact] that I did not burden you [with my financial support]? Forgive me [for doing you] this injustice!
• Galatians 6:6The one who is taught the word [of God] is to share all good things with his teacher [contributing to his spiritual and material support].
• 1 Timothy 5:17The elders who perform their leadership duties well are to be considered worthy of double honor (financial support), especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching [the word of God concerning eternal salvation through Christ].

Commentaries on Numbers 18:31

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-32Verses 20-32 As Israel was a people not to be numbered among the nations, so Levi was a tribe to be distinguished from the rest. Those who have God for their Inheritance and their Portion for ever, ought to look with holy contempt and indifference upon the possessions of this world. The Levites were to give God his dues out of their tithes, as well as the Israelites out of their increase. See, in ver. #(31), the way to have comfort in all our worldly…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31Levites and their families could eat any food received as tithes. This food was their payment for working at the Tent of Meeting.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-3221-22. I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve--Neither the priests nor the Levites were to possess any allotments of land but to depend entirely upon Him who liberally provided for them out of His own portion; and this law was subservient to many important purposes--such as that, being exempted from the cares and labors of worldly business, they might be exclusively devoted to His…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 18:31

• Levites
• Offerings
• Priest

In the dictionaries

• Exodus
• Agrapha
• Atonement, Day of
• Chronicles, Books of
• Criticism
• Ezekiel
• Genealogy
• Law in the Old Testament
• Numbers, Book of
• Priests and Levites

Commentaries on Numbers 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings