Numbers 5:9

9 All the sacred offerings that the People of Israel bring to a priest belong to the priest.

Numbers 5:9 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 5:9

And every offering of all the holy things of the children of
Israel
Of the holy sacrifices brought by them to be offered up; that part of them which is elevated, heaved, or waved, as the heave shoulder and wave breast:

which they bring unto the priest, shall be his;
what they bring to him to offer for them shall be his who performs the service, even that part of them which is his due.

Numbers 5:9 In-Context

7 and must confess the sin. Full compensation plus twenty percent must be made to whoever was wronged.
8 If the wronged person has no close relative who can receive the compensation, the compensation belongs to God and must be given to the priest, along with the ram by which atonement is made.
9 All the sacred offerings that the People of Israel bring to a priest belong to the priest.
10 Each person's sacred offerings are his own, but what one gives to the priest stays with the priest."
11 God spoke to Moses:
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