Numbers 18:13

What does Numbers 18:13 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 18:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring unto Jehovah, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat thereof.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the Lord, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring unto Jehovah, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat thereof.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The earliest produce from their land which they take to the Lord is to be yours; everyone in your house who is clean may have it for his food.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`The first-fruits of all that <FI>is<Fi> in their land, which they bring in to Jehovah, are thine; every clean one in thy house doth eat it;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

All the firstripe of the fruits, that the ground bringeth forth, and which are brought to the Lord, shall be for thy use: he that is clean in thy house, shall eat them.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The first ripe of everything that is in their land, which they shall bring to Jehovah, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.

Context

v.12All the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first-fruits of them which they give unto Jehovah, to thee have I given them.

v.13This passage

v.14Everything devoted in Israel shall be thine.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 23:19

    The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.

  • Exodus 22:29

    Thou shalt not delay to offer of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

  • Jeremiah 24:2

    One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

  • Micah 7:1

    Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desireth the first-ripe fig.

  • Hosea 9:10

    I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first-ripe in the fig-tree at its first season: but they came to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves unto the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved.

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