Numbers 5:10

10 Sacred things belong to their owners, but what they give to the priest will belong to the priest.’ ”

Numbers 5:10 in Other Translations

10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.

10 Each one shall keep his holy donations: whatever anyone gives to the priest shall be his."

10 Each priest may keep all the sacred donations that he receives.”

10 Each person's sacred offerings are his own, but what one gives to the priest stays with the priest."

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 person has no close relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest, along with the ram with which atonement is made for the wrongdoer.

9 All the sacred contributions the Israelites bring to a priest will belong to him.

10 Sacred things belong to their owners, but what they give to the priest will belong to the priest.’ ”

11 Then the LORD said to Moses,

12 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 7:29-34; Leviticus 10:13