Numbers 5:9

9 " 'All of the sacred gifts the people of Israel bring to a priest will belong to him.

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 " 'They must admit they have committed a sin. They must pay in full for what they did wrong. And they must add a fifth to it. Then they must give all of it to the person they have sinned against.

8 " 'But suppose the person has died. And suppose there is not a close relative who can be paid for the sin that was committed. Then what is paid belongs to the Lord. It must be given to the priest. A ram must be given along with it. The ram must be sacrificed to the LORD to pay for the sin.

9 " 'All of the sacred gifts the people of Israel bring to a priest will belong to him.

10 Sacred gifts belong to the man who gives them. But what he gives to a priest will belong to the priest.' "

11 Then the LORD spoke to Moses again. He said,