Numbers 5 · Verse 9

Numbers 5:9

And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
Numbers 5:9, King James Version

Numbers 5:9 in other translations

BSBEvery sacred contribution the Israelites bring to the priest shall belong to him.
WEBEvery heave offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they present to the priest, shall be his.
ASVAnd every heave-offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they present unto the priest, shall be his.
YLT‘And every heave-offering of all the holy things of the sons of Israel, which they bring near to the priest, becometh his;
DARBYAnd every heave-offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they present unto the priest, shall be his.
BBEAnd every offering lifted up of all the holy things which the children of Israel give to the priest, will be his.
WebsterAnd every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his.

What does Numbers 5:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 5:9-10
9-10. every offering ... shall be his--Whatever was given in this way, or otherwise, as by freewill offerings, irrevocably belonged to the priest.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 5:1-10

The camp was to be cleansed. The purity of the church must be kept as carefully as the peace and order of it. Every polluted Israelite must be separated. The wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable. The greater profession of religion any house or family makes, the more they are obliged to put away iniquity far from them. If a man overreach or defraud his brother in any matter, it is a trespass against the…

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Numbers 5:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְכָל\־ve.kholand everyH3605
תְּרוּמָ֞הte.ru.MahcontributionH8641
לְכָל\־le.kholto allH3605
קָדְשֵׁ֧יka.de.Shei[the] holy things ofH6944
בְנֵי\־ve.nei-[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
יַקְרִ֥יבוּyak.Ri.vuthey will bring nearH7126
לַכֹּהֵ֖ןla.ko.Hento the priestH3548
ל֥וֹloto <the> him
יִהְיֶֽה\׃yih.Yehit will belongH1961

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 5:9

  • Numbers 18:19

    All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the Lord, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord unto thee and to thy seed with thee.

  • Exodus 29:28

    And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the Lord.

  • Deuteronomy 18:3-4

    And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

  • Leviticus 7:6-14

    Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy. As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it. And the priest that offereth any man’s burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered. And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest’s that offereth it. …

  • Leviticus 6:17-18

    It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering. All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the Lord made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.

  • Leviticus 22:2-3

    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. Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the Lord.

  • Leviticus 10:13

    And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons’ due, of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire: for so I am commanded.

  • Numbers 18:8-9

    And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.

  • Leviticus 6:26

    The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Malachi 3:8-10

    Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:7-13

    Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. …

  • Ezekiel 44:29-30

    They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs. And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest’s: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
offering. or, heave offering.
18:8,9,19; Ex 29:28; Le 6:17,18,26; 7:6-14; 10:13; 22:2,3
De 18:3,4; Eze 44:29,30; Mal 3:8-10; 1Co 9:7-13

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Context

  • Numbers 5:8

    But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the Lord, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.

  • Numbers 5:9

    And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.

  • Numbers 5:10

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

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Numbers 5:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y toda ofrenda de todas las cosas santas que los hijos de Israel presentaren al sacerdote, suya será.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et toute offrande élevée de toutes les choses saintes des fils d’Israël qu’ils présenteront au sacrificateur, sera à lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und jedes Hebopfer von allen heiligen Dingen der Kinder Israel, welche sie dem Priester darbringen, soll ihm gehören.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Omnes quoque primitiæ, quas offerunt filii Israël, ad sacerdotem pertinent: