Numberi 18:31

31 En gij zult dat eten in alle plaatsen, gij en uw huis; want het is ulieden een loon voor uw dienst in de tent der samenkomst.

Numberi 18:31 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 18:31

And ye shall eat it in every place
In any of their tents or dwelling houses, not being obliged to eat it in the tabernacle, where the priests, were obliged to eat many of their holy things, and second tithes were only to be eaten at Jerusalem, ( Deuteronomy 14:22 Deuteronomy 14:23 ) ; but the Levites might eat theirs any where, in any place, clean or unclean, according to Jarchi; for, he says, it might be eaten even in a graveyard; but Aben Ezra much better, in a clean place, be that where it would:

ye, and your households;
they and their wives, their sons and daughters, their servants, whether bought or hired; and they might sell it to strangers, to purchase other necessaries with. The Targum of Jonathan interprets this of the priests; but the Levites only are plainly spoken of:

for it [is] your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the
congregation;
which is said to encourage them in their work, and animate them to it, as well as to clear their right to such a maintenance against all objections; for the labourer is worthy of his reward, as those that labour in the word and doctrine are of theirs, ( 1 Timothy 5:17 1 Timothy 5:18 ) .

Numberi 18:31 In-Context

29 Van al uw gaven zult gij alle hefoffer des HEEREN offeren; van al het beste van die, van zijn heiliging daarvan.

30 Gij zult dan tot hen zeggen: Als gij deszelfs beste daarvan offert, zo zal het den Levieten toegerekend worden als een inkomen des dorsvloers, en als een inkomen des perskuips.

31 En gij zult dat eten in alle plaatsen, gij en uw huis; want het is ulieden een loon voor uw dienst in de tent der samenkomst.

32 Zo zult gij daarover geen zonde dragen, als gij deszelfs beste daarvan offert; en gij zult de heilige dingen van de kinderen Israels niet ontheiligen, opdat gij niet sterft.