Numbers 18:10

Numbers 18:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.
• New International Version (NIV)Eat it as something most holy; every male shall eat it. You must regard it as holy.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In a most holy place shall you eat it. Every male may eat it; it is holy to you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In a most holy place you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.

Context of Numbers 18:10

8The Lord said to Aaron, “I am putting you in charge of all the contributions given to me. I am giving you and your descendants all the holy gifts from the Israelites as your share. These contributions will always be yours. 9That part of the most holy offerings which is not burned belongs to you. It may come from a grain offering, an offering for sin, or a guilt offering. Whatever is brought to me as a most holy offering will belong to you and your sons. Eat it in a most holy place. Any male may eat it. You must consider it holy. 11“The contributions that come as gifts taken from the offerings presented by the Israelites are also yours. I am giving these to you, your sons, and your daughters. They will always be yours. Anyone in your household who is clean may eat them. 12“I am also giving you the first of the produce they give the Lord: the best of all the olive oil and the best of the new wine and fresh grain.

Numbers 18:10 word by word

בְּקֹ֥דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֖ים תֹּאכֲלֶ֑נּוּ כָּל־זָכָר֙ יֹאכַ֣ל אֹת֔וֹ קֹ֖דֶשׁ יִֽהְיֶה־לָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• In the mostקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• shalt thou eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• it; every maleזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145

Cross-references for Numbers 18:10

• Exodus 29:31“Take the ram used for the ordination, and boil its meat in a holy place.
• Leviticus 6:16Aaron and his sons will eat the rest of it. They will eat unleavened bread in a holy place, in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.
• Leviticus 7:6Any male among the priests may eat it. It will be eaten in a holy place. It is very holy.
• Leviticus 10:13Eat it in a holy place because it is the part of the offering by fire to the Lord that belongs to you and your children. That is the command I received.
• Leviticus 14:13He will slaughter the lamb in the holy place where he slaughters the offering for sin and the burnt offering. He will do this because the guilt offering, like the offering for sin, belongs to the priest. It is very holy.
• Leviticus 6:18Every male descendant of Aaron may eat it. It is a permanent law for generations to come regarding the offering by fire to the Lord. Everyone who touches it will become holy.”
• Leviticus 21:22He may eat the food of his God—what is holy and what is very holy.

Commentaries on Numbers 18:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10In the most holy place - Rather, “among the most holy things;” as in Numbers 4:4: i. e. “As the most holy of things shalt thou eat it.” Accordingly, only the males of the priestly families could eat of the things here specified.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-19Verses 8-19 All believers are spiritual priests, and God has promised to take care of them. Godliness has the promise of the life that now is. And from the provision here made for the priests, the apostle shows that it is the duty of christian churches to maintain their ministers. Scandalous maintenance makes scandalous ministers. The priests were to be wholly devoted to their ministry, not diverted from it, or disturbed in it, by worldly care or…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-11Only Aaron and his sons, the priests set apart to serve in God's presence, consumed the most holy offerings (Exodus 28:1; 29:44–46). This portion was a holy offering given to God, and the priests had to treat it with respect (Numbers 18:10). Other types of offerings provided food for the priests and their families, but only if they were ceremonially clean (18:11–12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-208-13. the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of my heave offerings--A recapitulation is made in this passage of certain perquisites specially appropriated to the maintenance of the priests. They were parts of the votive and freewill offerings, including both meat and bread, wine and oil, and the first-fruits, which formed a large and valuable item.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 18:10

• Offerings
• Priest

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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