Key Verse Spotlight
Numbers 5:9 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his. {offering: or, heave offering}”
Numbers 5:9
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth {part} thereof, and give {it} unto {him} against whom he hath trespassed.
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.
And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his. {offering: or, heave offering}
And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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