Numbers 18:32

What does Numbers 18:32 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 18:32 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And 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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And no sin will be yours on account of it, when the best of it has been lifted up on high; you are not to make a wrong use of the holy things of the children of Israel, so that death may not overtake you.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and ye bear no sin for it, in your lifting up its fat out of it, and the holy things of the sons of Israel ye do not pollute, and ye die not.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And you shall not sin in this point, by reserving the choicest and fat things to yourselves, lest you profane the oblations of the children of Israel, and die.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, if ye heave from it the best of it; and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.

Context

v.31And 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.

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Cross references

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

  • Leviticus 19:8

    but every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the holy thing of Jehovah: and that soul shall be cut off from his people.

  • Numbers 18:22

    And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.

  • Malachi 1:7

    Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar. And ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of Jehovah is contemptible.

  • Leviticus 22:15

    And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto Jehovah,

  • 1 Corinthians 11:29

    For he that eateth and drinketh, eateth and drinketh judgment unto himself, if he discern not the body.

  • Leviticus 22:2

    Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they hallow unto me, and that they profane not my holy name: I am Jehovah.

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