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You must regard it as holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/18.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You must eat it as a most holy offering. All the males may eat of it, and you must treat it as most holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/18.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />In a most holy place shall you eat it. Every male may eat it; it is holy to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />In the most holy <i>place</i> shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />In a most holy <i>place</i> you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />As the most holy <i>gifts</i> you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220As the most holy gifts you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“As the most holy <i>gifts</i> you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />As the most holy <i>gifts</i> you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You shall eat it as the most holy thing; every male [of your family] shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to eat it as a most holy offering. Every male may eat it; it is to be holy to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to eat it as a most holy offering. Every male may eat it; it is to be holy to you.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />As the most holy things shalt thou eat thereof; every male shall eat thereof: it shall be holy unto thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Since these things are sacred, they must be eaten near the sacred tent, but only men are allowed to eat them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />As the most holy things shalt thou eat thereof: every male shall eat thereof; it shall be holy unto thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Eat it in a most holy place. Any male may eat it. You must consider it holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You must eat these things in a holy place, and only males may eat them; consider them holy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You may eat them as consecrated gifts. Every male may eat them. They're sacred for you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You are to eat it as a most holy offering; every male may eat it. It will be holy to you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall eat of it like the most holy things. Every male shall eat of it. It shall be holy to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy to thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall eat of it like the most holy things. Every male shall eat of it. It shall be holy to you. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />you eat it among the most holy things; every male eats it; it is holy to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> in the holy of holies thou dost eat it; every male doth eat it; holy it is to thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />In the holy of holies ye shall eat it; every male shall eat it: holy shall it be to thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou shalt eat it in the sanctuary: the males only shall eat thereof, because it is a consecrated thing to thee. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You shall eat it in the Sanctuary. Only the males shall eat from it, because it has been consecrated for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You shall eat them in a most holy place; every male may partake of them. As holy, they belong to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />As a most holy thing you shall eat it; every male may eat it; it shall be holy to you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />In the most holy place shall you eat it; every male shall eat it; it shall be holy to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />In the Holy of Holies you shall eat it; every male shall eat it; it shall be holy to you.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />In a most holy place shalt thou eat thereof; every male may eat thereof; it shall be holy unto thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />In the most holy place shall ye eat them; every male shall eat them, thou and thy sons: they shall be holy to thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/18-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=5734" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/18.htm">Offerings for Priests and Levites</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: tō·ḵă·len·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms:: 3mse) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">You are to eat it</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: bə·qō·ḏeš (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">as a most holy offering,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: haq·qo·ḏā·šîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and every</a> <a href="/hebrew/2145.htm" title="2145: zā·ḵār (N-ms) -- Male. From zakar; properly, remembered, i.e. A male.">male</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: yō·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">may eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">it.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh- (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">You shall regard it</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: qō·ḏeš (N-ms) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">as holy.</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- "></a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/6-16.htm">Leviticus 6:16-18</a></span><br />Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting. / It must not be baked with leaven; I have assigned it as their portion of My food offerings. It is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering. / Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. This is a permanent portion from the food offerings to the LORD for the generations to come. Anything that touches them will become holy.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/7-6.htm">Leviticus 7:6</a></span><br />Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5-7</a></span><br />Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go. / To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks. / There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-23.htm">Deuteronomy 14:23</a></span><br />And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-28.htm">1 Samuel 2:28</a></span><br />And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-29.htm">Ezekiel 44:29</a></span><br />They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/10-12.htm">Leviticus 10:12-13</a></span><br />And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the food offerings to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy. / You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your share and your sons’ share of the food offerings to the LORD; for this is what I have been commanded.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">Leviticus 22:10-13</a></span><br />No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it. / But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food. / If the priest’s daughter is married to a man other than a priest, she is not to eat of the sacred contributions. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-13.htm">1 Corinthians 9:13</a></span><br />Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-10.htm">Hebrews 13:10</a></span><br />We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/2-3.htm">Leviticus 2:3</a></span><br />The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/2-10.htm">Leviticus 2:10</a></span><br />But the remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/24-9.htm">Leviticus 24:9</a></span><br />It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place; for it is to him a most holy part of the food offerings to the LORD—his portion forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/10-37.htm">Nehemiah 10:37-39</a></span><br />Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor. / A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God. / For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-4.htm">Matthew 12:4</a></span><br />He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">In the most holy place shall you eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy to you.</p><p class="hdg">in the</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/29-31.htm">Exodus 29:31,32</a></b></br> And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/6-16.htm">Leviticus 6:16,26,29</a></b></br> And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/7-6.htm">Leviticus 7:6</a></b></br> Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it <i>is</i> most holy.</p><p class="hdg">every male</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/6-18.htm">Leviticus 6:18,29</a></b></br> All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. <i>It shall be</i> a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/7-6.htm">Leviticus 7:6</a></b></br> Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it <i>is</i> most holy.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/21-22.htm">Leviticus 21:22</a></b></br> He shall eat the bread of his God, <i>both</i> of the most holy, and of the holy.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/4-4.htm">Holies</a> <a href="/numbers/18-9.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/numbers/15-24.htm">Male</a> <a href="/numbers/16-15.htm">Regard</a> <a href="/numbers/16-30.htm">Something</a> <a href="/numbers/15-24.htm">Thereof</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/8-6.htm">Holies</a> <a href="/numbers/18-16.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/numbers/23-1.htm">Male</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-27.htm">Regard</a> <a href="/numbers/35-20.htm">Something</a> <a href="/numbers/18-11.htm">Thereof</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 18</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/18-1.htm">The charge of the priests and Levites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/18-8.htm">The priests, portion</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/18-21.htm">The Levites,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/18-25.htm">The heave offering to the priests out of the Levites' portion</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/18.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/18.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>You are to eat it as a most holy offering</b><br>This phrase refers to the consumption of offerings designated as "most holy" by the Levitical law. In the context of <a href="/numbers/18.htm">Numbers 18</a>, God is instructing Aaron and his sons, the priests, on how to handle the offerings brought by the Israelites. The "most holy" offerings include the sin offerings, guilt offerings, and portions of the grain offerings. These were to be consumed in a sacred space, typically within the tabernacle precincts, emphasizing the sanctity and reverence required in handling what is dedicated to God. This reflects the broader biblical theme of holiness, where certain items, places, and actions are set apart for divine purposes. The consumption of these offerings by the priests symbolizes their role as mediators between God and the people, foreshadowing the ultimate mediation of Christ.<p><b>and every male may eat it</b><br>This specifies that the consumption of the most holy offerings is restricted to male members of the priestly family. This restriction underscores the patriarchal structure of ancient Israelite society and the specific roles assigned within the Levitical priesthood. The male priests were responsible for performing the sacrificial rituals and maintaining the sanctity of the tabernacle. This exclusivity highlights the seriousness of the priestly duties and the need for ritual purity. In the New Testament, the concept of priesthood is expanded to all believers, as seen in <a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9</a>, where the church is described as a "royal priesthood," indicating a shift from the Old Covenant's restrictions.<p><b>You shall regard it as holy</b><br>This command emphasizes the need to treat the offerings with the utmost respect and reverence. The holiness of the offerings is not inherent but is derived from their dedication to God. This reflects the broader biblical principle that holiness is conferred by God's presence and purpose. The priests' responsibility to regard the offerings as holy serves as a reminder of their role in maintaining the covenant relationship between God and Israel. It also points to the necessity of approaching God with reverence and awe, a theme echoed throughout Scripture, including in <a href="/hebrews/12-28.htm">Hebrews 12:28-29</a>, which calls believers to worship God "with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire."<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/aaron_and_his_sons.htm">Aaron and His Sons</a></b><br>The primary recipients of the instructions in <a href="/bsb/numbers/18.htm">Numbers 18</a>, Aaron and his sons were appointed as priests to serve in the tabernacle, responsible for the sacred duties and offerings.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The central place of worship for the Israelites, where sacrifices and offerings were made. It was the dwelling place of God's presence among His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/holy_offerings.htm">Holy Offerings</a></b><br>These were specific portions of sacrifices designated as "most holy" and were to be consumed by the priests in a state of ritual purity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_service.htm">Holiness in Service</a></b><br>The consumption of holy offerings by the priests underscores the importance of holiness in service to God. As believers, we are called to live lives set apart for His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/priestly_privileges_and_responsibilities.htm">Priestly Privileges and Responsibilities</a></b><br>Just as the priests had the privilege of partaking in the holy offerings, they also bore the responsibility of maintaining purity. Christians today are called to uphold the standards of holiness in their spiritual service.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_sacrifice.htm">Symbolism of Sacrifice</a></b><br>The offerings symbolize the need for atonement and the provision of God. In Christ, we see the ultimate fulfillment of these sacrifices, reminding us of the grace we receive through His atonement.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_worship.htm">Community and Worship</a></b><br>The communal aspect of the priestly consumption of offerings points to the importance of community in worship. Believers are encouraged to partake in communal worship and fellowship, reflecting the unity of the body of Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 18</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_levi's_inheritance_contradict_god's_plan.htm">Joshua 13:33 - Does the unique inheritance of Levi (no land portion) imply internal contradictions with God's earlier covenant commands regarding tribal allocations?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_num._18_15-19_and_deut._differ.htm">Why does Numbers 18:15-19 differ in certain details from parallel instructions in Deuteronomy regarding firstborn offerings, and how can these discrepancies be reconciled?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_leviticus_1_and_hosea_6_6_align.htm">How does the emphasis on burnt offerings in Leviticus 1 align with later scripture stressing mercy over sacrifice (Hosea 6:6)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_exodus_25_18_allow_cherubim.htm">If Exodus 20:4 forbids making graven images, why does Exodus 25:18 command crafting cherubim, appearing to contradict the earlier prohibition?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">In the most holy place . . . --</span>These gifts were to be eaten, as most holy, in the court of the Tabernacle (see <a href="/leviticus/6-16.htm" title="And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.">Leviticus 6:16</a>; <a href="/leviticus/6-26.htm" title="The priest that offers it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.">Leviticus 6:26</a>; <a href="/leviticus/7-6.htm" title="Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.">Leviticus 7:6</a>), and only by the priests and the male members of their families.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">In</span> <span class="cmt_word">the most holy place thou shalt eat it.</span> <span class="hebrew">בְּקֹדֶשׁ הַדָקֹּשִׁים</span>. Septuagint, <span class="greek">ἐν τῷ ἀγίῳ τῶν ἁγίων</span>. This expression is somewhat perplexing, because it stands commonly for the holy of holies (<a href="/exodus/26-33.htm">Exodus 26:33</a>). As it cannot possibly have that meaning here, two interpretations have been proposed. <p><span class="Text_Heading">1.</span> That it means the court of the tabernacle, called "the holy place" in <a href="/leviticus/6-16.htm">Leviticus 6:16, 26</a>; <a href="/leviticus/7-6.htm">Leviticus 7:6</a>, and there specified as the only place in which the meat offerings, the sin offerings, and trespass offerings might be eaten. There is no reason why this court should not be called "must holy," as well as "holy;" if it was "holy" with respect to the camp, or the holy city, it was "most holy" with respect to all without the camp, or without the gate. <p><span class="Text_Heading">2.</span> That the expression does not mean "in the most holy place," but "amongst the most holy things," as it does in <a href="/numbers/4-4.htm">Numbers 4:4</a>, and above in verse 9. A distinction is clearly intended between the "most holy things," which only the priests and their sons might eat, and the "holy things," of which the rest of their families might partake also. It is difficult to decide between these renderings, although there can be no doubt that the "most holy" things were actually to be consumed within the tabernacle precincts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/18-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You are to eat</span><br /><span class="heb">תֹּאכֲלֶ֑נּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(tō·ḵă·len·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it as most holy.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּקֹ֥דֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·qō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sacred place, thing, sanctity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Every</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">male</span><br /><span class="heb">זָכָר֙</span> <span class="translit">(zā·ḵār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2145.htm">Strong's 2145: </a> </span><span class="str2">Remembered, a male</span><br /><br /><span class="word">may eat it;</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹאכַ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(yō·ḵal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it shall be</span><br /><span class="heb">יִֽהְיֶה־</span> <span class="translit">(yih·yeh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">holy</span><br /><span class="heb">קֹ֖דֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(qō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sacred place, thing, sanctity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to you.</span><br /><span class="heb">לָּֽךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(lāḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/18-10.htm">Numbers 18:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/18-10.htm">Numbers 18:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/18-10.htm">Numbers 18:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/18-10.htm">Numbers 18:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/18-10.htm">Numbers 18:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/18-10.htm">Numbers 18:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/18-10.htm">Numbers 18:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/18-10.htm">Numbers 18:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/18-10.htm">Numbers 18:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/18-10.htm">Numbers 18:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/18-10.htm">OT Law: Numbers 18:10 You shall eat of it like (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/18-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 18:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 18:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/18-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 18:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 18:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>