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Offerings for Priests and Levites

Numbers 18:31

In 11 translations

BSB
And you and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting.
KJV
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.
WEB
You may eat it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your reward in return for your service in the Tent of Meeting.
ASV
And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting.
LSV
and you have eaten it in every place, you and your households, for it [is] your hire in exchange for your service in the Tent of Meeting;
YLT
and ye have eaten it in every place, ye and your households, for it [is] your hire in exchange for your service in the tent of meeting;
DBY
And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households; for it is your reward for your service in the tent of meeting.
DRC
And you shall eat them in all your places, both you and your families: because it is your reward for the ministry, wherewith you serve in the tabernacle of the testimony.
GNV
And ye shall eate it in al places, ye, and your housholdes: for it is your wages for your seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
JPS
And ye may eat it in every place, ye and your households; for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting.
LXXE
And ye shall eat it in any place, ye and your families; for this is your reward for your services in the tabernacle of witness.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֤ם אֹתוֹ֙ בְּכָל־מָק֔וֹם אַתֶּ֖ם וּבֵֽיתְכֶ֑ם כִּֽי־שָׂכָ֥ר הוּא֙ לָכֶ֔ם חֵ֥לֶף עֲבֹֽדַתְכֶ֖ם בְּאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔδεσθε αὐτὸ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ ὑμεῖς καὶ οἱ οἶκοι ὑμῶν, ὅτι μισθὸς οὗτος ὑμῖν ἐστιν ἀντὶ τῶν λειτουργιῶν ὑμῶν τῶν ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ τοῦ μαρτυρίου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Timothy 5:17–18Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching. For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is…
  • 1 Corinthians 9:10–14Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest. If we have sown spiritual seed among…
  • Luke 10:7Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.
  • Matthew 10:10Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff; for the worker is worthy of his provisions.
  • 2 Corinthians 12:13In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
  • Deuteronomy 14:22–23You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields. And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the…
  • Galatians 6:6Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.

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