Números 18:31

31 Levitas, ustedes y sus familias podrán comer este alimento donde quieran, porque constituye su recompensa por servir en el tabernáculo.

Números 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 ) .

Números 18:31 In-Context

29 De todas las ofrendas recibidas, asegúrense de dar lo mejor al Señor
.

30 »Da también las siguientes instrucciones a los levitas: cuando presenten la mejor parte como su ofrenda, esta será considerada como si viniera de su propio campo de trillar o de su lagar.

31 Levitas, ustedes y sus familias podrán comer este alimento donde quieran, porque constituye su recompensa por servir en el tabernáculo.

32 No serán considerados culpables por aceptar los diezmos ofrecidos al Señor
, si dan la mejor porción a los sacerdotes. Sin embargo, tengan cuidado de no considerar las ofrendas sagradas del pueblo de Israel como si fueran algo ordinario. Si lo hacen, morirán».