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

29You must present the offering due the LORD from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.’ 30Therefore say to the Levites, ‘When you have presented the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the produce of the threshing floor or winepress. And you and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting. 32Once 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.’”

Numbers 18:31 word by word

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

• And youאַתֶּם'attâh 'attâ 'ath 'attîy 'attem 'atten 'attênâh 'attênnâh · you(m.p.)H859
• and your householdsבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• and your householdsכִּיkîy · forH3588
• may eat the rest of it anywhereאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• ·כֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• ·מָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• itהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• is the compensationשָׂכָרώâkâr · wagesH7939
• forחֵ֫לֶףchêleph · forH2500
• your workעֲבֹדָה‛ăbôdâh ‛ăbôdâh · service: ministryH5656
• at the Tentאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• of Meetingמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meetingH4150

Cross-references for Numbers 18:31

• Deuteronomy 14:22You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.
• Matthew 10:10Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff; for the worker is worthy of his provisions.
• Luke 10:7Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.
• 1 Corinthians 9:10Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.
• 2 Corinthians 12:13In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
• Galatians 6:6Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.
• 1 Timothy 5:17Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

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