Numbers 5:10

10 No one has to give these holy gifts, but if someone does give them, they belong to the priest.'"

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.


FOOTNOTES:

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

Numbers 5:10 In-Context

8 But if that person is dead and does not have any close relatives to receive the payment, the one who did wrong owes the Lord and must pay the priest. In addition, the priest must sacrifice a male sheep to remove the wrong so that the person will belong to the Lord.
9 When an Israelite brings a holy gift, it should be given to the priest.
10 No one has to give these holy gifts, but if someone does give them, they belong to the priest.'"
11 Then the Lord said to Moses,
12 "Tell the Israelites: 'A man's wife might be unfaithful to him
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