Numbers 18 · Verse 32

Numbers 18:32

And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.
Numbers 18:32, King James Version

Numbers 18:32 in other translations

BSBOnce you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”
WEBYou shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it its best. You shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that you not die.’”
ASVAnd ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best thereof: and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that ye die not.
YLTand ye bear no sin for it, in your lifting up its fat out of it, and the holy things of the sons of Israel ye do not pollute, and ye die not.'
DARBYAnd ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, if ye heave from it the best of it; and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.
BBEAnd no sin will be yours on account of it, when the best of it has been lifted up on high; you are not to make a wrong use of the holy things of the children of Israel, so that death may not overtake you.
WebsterAnd ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.

What does Numbers 18:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
32. ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, &c.--Neglect in having the best entailed sin in the use of such unhallowed food. And the holy things would be polluted by the reservation to themselves of what should be offered to God and the priests.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 18:20-32

As Israel was a people not to be numbered among the nations, so Levi was a tribe to be distinguished from the rest. Those who have God for their Inheritance and their Portion for ever, ought to look with holy contempt and indifference upon the possessions of this world. The Levites were to give God his dues out of their tithes, as well as the Israelites out of their increase. See, in ver. #(31), the way to have…

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Numbers 18:32 in the original Hebrew

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וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
תִשְׂא֤וּtis.'Uyou will bearH5375
עָלָיו֙'a.Lavon itH5921
חֵ֔טְאChet'sinH2399
בַּהֲרִֽימְכֶ֥םba.ha.rim.Khemwhen offer up youH7311
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
חֶלְבּ֖וֹchel.Bobest of itsH2459
מִמֶּ֑נּוּmi.Me.nufrom <the> itH4480
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
קָדְשֵׁ֧יka.de.Shei[the] holy gifts ofH6944
בְנֵי\־ve.nei-[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
תְחַלְּל֖וּte.cha.le.Luyou will profaneH2490
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
תָמֽוּתוּ\׃\ \פta.Mu.tuyou will dieH4191

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Cross references for Numbers 18:32

  • Leviticus 19:8

    Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

  • Leviticus 22:2

    Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the Lord.

  • 1 Corinthians 11:27

    Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

  • Numbers 18:22

    Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

  • Leviticus 22:15-16

    And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the Lord; Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the Lord do sanctify them.

  • Malachi 1:7

    Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.

  • 1 Corinthians 11:29

    For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
bear.
22; Le 19:8
pollute.
Le 22:2,15; Mal 1:7; 1Co 11:27,29

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Context

  • Numbers 18:31

    And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Numbers 18:32

    And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.

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Numbers 18:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y cuando vosotros hubiereis ofrecido de ello lo mejor suyo, no llevaréis por ello pecado: y no habéis de contaminar las cosas santas de los hijos de Israel, y no moriréis.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et vous ne porterez pas de péché à son sujet, quand vous en aurez offert le meilleur en offrande élevée; et vous ne profanerez pas les choses saintes des fils d’Israël, et vous ne mourrez pas.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ihr werdet seinethalben keine Sünde auf euch laden, wenn ihr das Beste davon hebet, und werdet die heiligen Dinge der Kinder Israel nicht entweihen und nicht sterben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et non peccabitis super hoc, egregia vobis et pinguia reservantes, ne polluatis oblationes filiorum Israël, et moriamini.