Also every contribution pertaining to all the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they offer to the priest, shall be his.
Parallel translations
- WEB Every heave offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they present to the priest, shall be his.
- KJV And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
- BSB Every sacred contribution the Israelites bring to the priest shall belong to him.
- NKJV Every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his.
- NLT All the sacred offerings that the Israelites bring to a priest will belong to him.
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Quick answer
Every holy offering the Israelites brought to the priest belonged to him. God provided for the priests through the people's offerings.
Overview
The sacred contributions presented at the sanctuary were assigned to the priests as their portion. This arrangement supported those who served full-time in worship, since the priests had no land inheritance. It reflects God's principle that those who minister in holy things should be sustained by them, echoed in the New Testament (1 Corinthians 9:13-14).
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Cross-references · 12
- Lev 7:6–14Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.
- Lev 6:17–18It shall not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their portion of my offerings made by fire. It is most holy, as the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
- Num 18:19All the wave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to Yahweh, I have given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever. It is a covenant of salt forever before Yahweh to you and to your offspring with you.”
- Deut 18:3–4This shall be the priests’ due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give to the priest the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the inner parts.
- Exod 29:28and it shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion forever from the children of Israel; for it is a wave offering: and it shall be a wave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, even their wave offering to Yahweh.
- 1 Cor 9:7–13What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn’t eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn’t drink from the flock’s milk?
- Lev 10:13and you shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your portion, and your sons’ portion, of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire: for so I am commanded.
- Num 18:8–9Yahweh spoke to Aaron, “Behold, I myself have given you the command of my wave offerings, even all the holy things of the children of Israel. I have given them to you by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, as a portion forever.
- Ezek 44:29–30They shall eat the meal offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.
- Lev 22:2–3“Tell Aaron and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they make holy to me, and that they not profane my holy name. I am Yahweh.
- Lev 6:26The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the Tent of Meeting.
- Mal 3:8–10Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.
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