Numbers 5:10

10 The sacred donations belong to each person alone; whatever anyone gives to the priest will be his.

Numbers 5:10 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 5:10

And every man's hallowed things shall be his
Which he, by a vow or freewill offering, separates to holy uses; these are at his own dispose, to give to what priest he will, or they are the priest's; for what a man devotes to the Lord is to be given to them, or such things as God has hallowed, sanctified, and set apart for sacred uses, as the firstfruits and tithes, they were the priests'; the Jewish writers ^F9 restrain it to tithes:

whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his;
his personally, who officiates, or to whom the gift is given, and is not to be divided among the other priests in the course.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Targ. Jon. Siphri & Midrash in Jarchi in loc.

Numbers 5:10 In-Context

8 If the person has no close relative to whom the payment can be made, then the compensation payment will go to the LORD for the priest. This is in addition to the ram of reconciliation by which the guilty party himself is reconciled.

9 Any gift offering from all the sacred donations that the Israelites offer will be the property of the priest.

10 The sacred donations belong to each person alone; whatever anyone gives to the priest will be his.

11 The LORD spoke to Moses:

12 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: A man may suspect that his wife has had an affair and has broken faith with him,