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Numbers 5:10
10Sacred things belong to their owners, but what they give to the priest will belong to the priest.’ ”
Numbers 5:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And every man’s hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Each one shall keep his holy donations: whatever anyone gives to the priest shall be his."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And every man’s holy things shall be his; whatever any man gives the priest shall be his.’ ”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Each priest may keep all the sacred donations that he receives.”
Context of Numbers 5:10
8But if that person has no close relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the Lord and must be given to the priest, along with the ram with which atonement is made for the wrongdoer. 9All the sacred contributions the Israelites bring to a priest will belong to him. Sacred things belong to their owners, but what they give to the priest will belong to the priest.’ ” 11Then the Lord said to Moses, 12“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him
Read all of Numbers 5Numbers 5:10 word by word
וְאִ֥ישׁ אֶת־קֳדָשָׁ֖יו ל֣וֹ יִהְי֑וּ אִ֛ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִתֵּ֥ן לַכֹּהֵ֖ן ל֥וֹ יִהְיֶֽה׃ פRead the interlinear
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Commentaries on Numbers 5:10
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5-10Verses 5-10 The law of restitution: a passage supplementary to Leviticus 5:5, etc., Leviticus 6:5, etc. Numbers 5:7 Recompense his trespass - i. e. make restitution to the person whom he has injured. Numbers 5:8 Whereby an atonement shall be made for him - literally, “which shall clear him of guilt as to it,” i. e. as to the trespass. Numbers 5:10 And every man‘s hallowed things shall be his - i. e. the priest‘s. The heave offerings Numbers 5:9 and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10Priests partially supported their families by receiving a share of the sacrifices. Sometimes, they could sell extra sacrifices to fund the priesthood, maintain the sanctuary, and help with other religious needs (see 1 Corinthians 8:4–13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. every offering ... shall be his--Whatever was given in this way, or otherwise, as by freewill offerings, irrevocably belonged to the priest.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 5
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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