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 the gifts you receive, you must contribute the best and holiest parts to the Lord. 30“Also tell them: When you contribute the best part, your contribution will be considered to be produce from the threshing floor or winepress. So you and your households may eat it anywhere, because it’s the wages you receive for your work at the tent of meeting. 32When you contribute the best part, you won’t suffer the consequences of any sin. You won’t be dishonoring the holy offerings given by the Israelites, and you won’t die.”

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 14:22Every year be sure to save a tenth of the crops harvested from whatever you plant in your fields.
• Matthew 10:10Don’t take a traveling bag for the trip, a change of clothes, sandals, or a walking stick. After all, the worker deserves to have his needs met.
• Luke 10:7Stay with the family that accepts you. Eat and drink whatever they offer you. After all, the worker deserves his pay. Do not move around from one house to another.
• 1 Corinthians 9:10Isn’t he speaking entirely for our benefit? This was written for our benefit so that the person who plows or threshes should expect to receive a share of the crop.
• 2 Corinthians 12:13How were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I didn’t bother you for help? Forgive me for this wrong!
• Galatians 6:6The person who is taught God’s word should share all good things with his teacher.
• 1 Timothy 5:17Give double honor to spiritual leaders who handle their duties well. This is especially true if they work hard at teaching God’s word.

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