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Numbers 18:30-32
New English Translation
Numbers 18:30-32
New English Translation
30 “Therefore you will say to them,[a] ‘When you offer up[b] the best of it, then it will be credited to the Levites as the product of the threshing floor and as the product of the winepress. 31 And you may[c] eat it in any place, you and your household, because it is your wages for your service in the tent of meeting. 32 And you will bear no sin concerning it when you offer up the best of it. And you must not profane the holy things of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”[d]
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- Numbers 18:30 tn The wording of this verse is confusing; it may be that it is addressed to the priests, telling them how to deal with the offerings of the Levites.
- Numbers 18:30 tn The clause begins with the infinitive construct with its preposition and suffixed subject serving to indicate the temporal clause.
- Numbers 18:31 tn The verb is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive; it functions as the equivalent of the imperfect of permission.
- Numbers 18:32 tn The final clause could also be rendered “in order that you do not die.” The larger section can also be interpreted differently; rather than take it as a warning, it could be taken as an assurance that when they do all of this they will not be profaning it and so will not die (R. K. Harrison, Numbers [WEC], 253).
Numbers 18:30-32
New International Version
Numbers 18:30-32
New International Version
30 “Say to the Levites: ‘When you present the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the product of the threshing floor or the winepress.(A) 31 You and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere, for it is your wages for your work at the tent of meeting.(B) 32 By presenting the best part(C) of it you will not be guilty in this matter;(D) then you will not defile the holy offerings(E) of the Israelites, and you will not die.’”
Numbers 18:30-32
King James Version
Numbers 18:30-32
King James Version
30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
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.
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 18:30-32
New King James Version
Numbers 18:30-32
New King James Version
30 Therefore you shall say to them: ‘When you have lifted up the best of it, then the rest shall be accounted to the Levites as the produce of the threshing floor and as the produce of the winepress. 31 You may eat it in any place, you and your households, for it is (A)your [a]reward for your work in the tabernacle of meeting. 32 And you shall (B)bear no sin because of it, when you have lifted up the best of it. But you shall not (C)profane the holy gifts of the children of Israel, lest you die.’ ”
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- Numbers 18:31 wages
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