Numbers 5:10

10 Each one's holy contribution is his [to give]; what each one 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 But if that individual has no relative to receive compensation, the compensation goes to the Lord for the priest, along with the atonement ram by which the priest will make atonement for the [guilty] person.

9 Every holy contribution the Israelites present to the priest will be his.

10 Each one's holy contribution is his [to give]; what each one gives to the priest will be his."

11 The Lord spoke to Moses:

12 "Speak to the Israelites and tell them: If any man's wife goes astray, is unfaithful to him,