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Numbers 18:10

8 Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.

9 A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.

You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.

11 And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.

12 I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.
KJV
In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.
WEB
You shall eat of it like the most holy things. Every male shall eat of it. It shall be holy to you.
ASV
As the most holy things shalt thou eat thereof; every male shall eat thereof: it shall be holy unto thee.
DARBY
As most holy shalt thou eat it: every male shall eat it; it shall be holy unto thee.
BLB
In the holy of holies you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.
ÅB
På det høyhellige sted skal du spise det; alt mannkjønn kan spise av det, hellig skal det være for deg.
OTB
Spis det som noe mest hellig; hver mann skal spise det. Betrakt det som hellig.
B1930
På det høihellige sted skal du ete det; alt mannkjønn kan ete av det, hellig skal det være for dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Leviticus 6:29

    Any male among the priests may eat it; it is most holy.

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  • Leviticus 7:6

    Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.

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  • Leviticus 6:16

    Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.

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  • Leviticus 10:17

    “Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the holy place? For it is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the congregation by making atonement for them before the LORD.

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  • Leviticus 14:13

    Then he is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area where the sin offering and burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most holy.

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  • Leviticus 21:22

    He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,

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  • Leviticus 10:13

    You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your share and your sons’ share of the offerings made by fire to the LORD; for this is what I have been commanded.

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  • Exodus 29:31–32

    You are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.

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