Numbers 5:10

10 and every man's holy things shall be his; whatever any man gives to the priest shall 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 the man has no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution for wrong shall go to the LORD for the priest, in addition to the ram of atonement with which atonement is made for him.

9 And every offering, all the holy things of the people of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his;

10 and every man's holy things shall be his; whatever any man gives to the priest shall be his."

11 And the LORD said to Moses,

12 "Say to the people of Israel, If any man's wife goes astray and acts unfaithfully against him,