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English Revised Version

Numbers 18:10

As the most holy things shalt thou eat thereof: every male shall eat thereof; it shall be holy unto thee.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Offerings;   Priest;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Pentateuch;   Priest;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Aaron's Rod;   Numbers, Book of;   Priests and Levites;   Sacrifice and Offering;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Levites ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Covenant;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;   Priest;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Male;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Patriarchs, the;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
As the most holy things shall you eat of it; every male shall eat of it: it shall be holy to you.
King James Version
In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.
Lexham English Bible
You will eat it in the most holy place; every male will eat it. It will be a holy object to you.
New Century Version
You must eat the offering in a most holy place. Any male may eat it, but you must respect it as holy.
New English Translation
You are to eat it as a most holy offering; every male may eat it. It will be holy to you.
Amplified Bible
"You shall eat it as the most holy thing; every male [of your family] shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.
New American Standard Bible
"As the most holy gifts you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
In the most holy place shalt thou eate it: euery male shal eate of it: it is holy vnto thee.
Legacy Standard Bible
As the most holy gifts you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.
Contemporary English Version
Since these things are sacred, they must be eaten near the sacred tent, but only men are allowed to eat them.
Complete Jewish Bible
You are to eat it in an especially holy place; every male may eat it; it will be set apart for you.
Darby Translation
As most holy shalt thou eat it: every male shall eat it; it shall be holy unto thee.
Easy-to-Read Version
Eat these things only in a very holy place. Every male in your family may eat them, but you must remember that these offerings are holy.
English Standard Version
In a most holy place shall you eat it. Every male may eat it; it is holy to you.
George Lamsa Translation
In the most holy place shall you eat it; every male shall eat it; it shall be holy to you.
Good News Translation
You must eat these things in a holy place, and only males may eat them; consider them holy.
Christian Standard Bible®
You are to eat it as a most holy offering. Every male may eat it; it is to be holy to you.
Literal Translation
You shall eat it in the Holy of Holies; every male shall eat it; it shall be holy to you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In the most holy place shalt thou eate it. All that are males shall eate therof: For it shal be holy vnto the.
American Standard Version
As the most holy things shalt thou eat thereof; every male shall eat thereof: it shall be holy unto thee.
Bible in Basic English
As most holy things they are to be your food: let every male have them for food; it is to be holy to you.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In the most holy place shalt thou eate it, and all that are males shall eate of it, let it be holy vnto thee.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
In a most holy place shalt thou eat thereof; every male may eat thereof; it shall be holy unto thee.
King James Version (1611)
In the most holy place shalt thou eate it, euery male shall eate it: it shall be holy vnto thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
In the most holy place shall ye eat them; every male shall eat them, thou and thy sons: they shall be holy to thee.
Berean Standard Bible
You are to eat it as most holy. Every male may eat it; it shall be holy to you.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou schalt ete it in the seyntuarie; malis oneli schulen ete therof, for it is halewid to the Lord.
Young's Literal Translation
in the holy of holies thou dost eat it; every male doth eat it; holy it is to thee.
Update Bible Version
As the most holy things you shall eat thereof; every male shall eat thereof: it shall be holy to you.
Webster's Bible Translation
In the most holy [place] shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy to thee.
World English Bible
As the most holy things shall you eat of it; every male shall eat of it: it shall be holy to you.
New King James Version
In a most holy place you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.
New Living Translation
You must eat it as a most holy offering. All the males may eat of it, and you must treat it as most holy.
New Life Bible
You will eat it as the most holy gifts. Every male will eat it. It will be holy to you.
New Revised Standard
As a most holy thing you shall eat it; every male may eat it; it shall be holy to you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
As something most holy, shall ye eat it, - every male, shall eat it, holy, shall it be unto thee.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt eat it in the sanctuary: the males only shall eat thereof, because it is a consecrated thing to thee.
Revised Standard Version
In a most holy place shall you eat of it; every male may eat of it; it is holy to you.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"As the most holy gifts you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.

Contextual Overview

8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, And I, behold, I have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings, even all the hallowed things of the children of Israel, unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, as a due for ever. 9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, even every meal offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every guilt offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. 10 As the most holy things shalt thou eat thereof: every male shall eat thereof; it shall be holy unto thee. 11 And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, as a due for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat thereof. 12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage, and of the corn, the firstfruits of them which they give unto the LORD, to thee have I given them. 13 The firstripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat thereof. 14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. 15 Every thing that openeth the womb, of all flesh which they offer unto the LORD, both of man and beast, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. 16 And those that are to be redeemed of them from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary (the same is twenty gerahs). 17 But the firstling of an ox, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

In the: Exodus 29:31, Exodus 29:32, Leviticus 6:16, Leviticus 6:26, Leviticus 6:29, Leviticus 7:6, Leviticus 10:13, Leviticus 10:17, Leviticus 14:13

every male: Leviticus 6:18, Leviticus 6:29, Leviticus 7:6, Leviticus 21:22

Reciprocal: Leviticus 6:17 - I have Leviticus 10:12 - Take Ezekiel 42:13 - the most holy

Cross-References

Genesis 16:10
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be of her.
Genesis 17:19
And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
Genesis 17:21
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
Genesis 18:3
and said, My lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
Genesis 18:5
and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on: forasmuch as ye are come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
Genesis 18:8
And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Genesis 18:9
And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
Genesis 18:13
And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
Genesis 18:14
Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In the most holy [place] shalt thou eat it,.... Not in the holy of holies, eminently so called, nor in the holy place, for they were neither of them places to eat in; but in the tent of the congregation, as Aben Ezra, or court, as Jarchi; called most holy, in distinction from and in comparison of the camp of Israel, and their tents, as afterwards of Jerusalem, and their houses there, where they might not eat the most holy things:

every male shall eat it; the sons of priests, and they only, not their wives, nor their daughters, and therefore not to be eaten at home, or in their own houses:

it shall be holy unto thee; separated only for the use of him and his sons.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the most holy place - Rather, “among the most holy things;” as in Numbers 4:4 : i. e. “As the most holy of things shalt thou eat it.” Accordingly, only the males of the priestly families could eat of the things here specified.


 
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