Berean Standard Bible
Numbers 18:32
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 18:32 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)By presenting the best part of it you will not be guilty in this matter; then you will not defile the holy offerings of the Israelites, and you will not die.’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have contributed the best of it. But you shall not profane the holy things of the people of Israel, lest you die.'"
- New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall bear no sin because of it, when you have lifted up the best of it. But you shall not profane the holy gifts of the children of Israel, lest you die.’ ”
Context of Numbers 18:32
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. 31And you and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting. 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.’”
Read all of Numbers 18Numbers 18:32 word by word
וְלֹֽא־תִשְׂא֤וּ עָלָיו֙ חֵ֔טְא בַּהֲרִֽימְכֶ֥ם אֶת־חֶלְבּ֖וֹ מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וְאֶת־קָדְשֵׁ֧י בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל לֹ֥א תְחַלְּל֖וּ וְלֹ֥א תָמֽוּתוּ׃ פRead the interlinear
- Once you have presentedרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
- ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
- the best partחֵ֫לֶבcheleb chêleb · fatH2459
- of itמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
- you will notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- incurנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: guiltH5375
- guiltחֵטְאchêţ' · sinH2399
- because of itעַל‛al · uponH5921
- defileחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490
- the sacred offeringsקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
- of the Israelitesבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- of the Israelitesיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- you will dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
Cross-references for Numbers 18:32
- Numbers 18:22No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.
- Leviticus 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.
- Leviticus 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.
- 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.
- 1 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.
Commentaries on Numbers 18:32
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32Neither shall ye pollute - Rather, and by not polluting the holy things of the children of Israel, ye shall not die.Read the comment
- 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. 32The food tithes were holy gifts from the people of Israel. They could not use these gifts for something common by failing to give a portion to the priests.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3232. 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.Read the comment
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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
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