Numbers 18:31
What does Numbers 18:31 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 18:31 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949It is to be your food, for you and your families in every place: it is your reward for your work in the Tent of meeting.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and ye have eaten it in every place, ye and your households, for it <FI>is<Fi> your hire in exchange for your service in the tent of meeting;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And 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.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households; for it is your reward for your service in the tent of meeting.
Context
v.30Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye heave the best thereof from it, then it shall be reckoned unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the winepress.
v.31This passage
v.32And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best thereof: and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that ye die not.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Corinthians 9:10
or saith he it assuredly for our sake? Yea, for our sake it was written: because he that ploweth ought to plow in hope, and he that thresheth, to thresh in hope of partaking.
- Deuteronomy 14:22
Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which cometh forth from the field year by year.
- Luke 10:7
And in that same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
- Galatians 6:6
But let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
- Matthew 10:10
no wallet for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.
- 1 Timothy 5:17
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.
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