Numbers 5:9

Easy To Read Version

“If one of the people of Israel gives a special gift {to God} then the priest that accepts that gift can keep it. It is his.

Cross References

Exodus 29:28

The people of Israel will always give Aaron and his sons these parts. Those parts will always belong to the priests when the people of Israel make an offering to the Lord. When they give these parts to the priest, it will be the same as giving them to the Lord.

Leviticus 10:13

That is part of the offerings that were burned on the fire for the Lord. And the law I gave you teaches that a part belongs to you and your sons. But you must eat it in a holy place.

Leviticus 10:14

“Also you, your sons, and your daughters will be able to eat the breast from the wave offerings. {You don’t have to eat these in a holy place,} but you must eat them in a clean [122] place. Why? Because they come from the fellowship offerings. The people of Israel give those gifts to God. {The people eat part of those animals,} but the breast is your share.

Leviticus 10:15

The people must bring the fat from their animals as part of the sacrifice that is burned on the fire. They must also bring the thigh of the fellowship offering and the breast of the wave offering. That will be waved in front of the Lord, and then it will be your share of the offering. It will belong to you and your children. That part of the sacrifices will be your share forever, just like the Lord said.”

Leviticus 6:26

The priest that offers the sin offering must eat it. But he must eat it in a holy place, in the courtyard around the Meeting Tent. [65]

Leviticus 7:32

You must also give the right thigh from the fellowship offering to the priest.

Leviticus 7:34

I (the Lord) am taking the breast of the wave offerings and the right thigh of the fellowship offerings from the people of Israel. And I am giving those things to Aaron and his sons. The people of Israel must obey this rule forever.”

Numbers 18:19

Anything that the people offer as holy gifts, I, the Lord, give to you. This is your share. I give it to you and your sons and your daughters. This law will continue forever. It is an agreement with the Lord that can’t be broken. [245] I make this promise to you and to your descendants. [246] ”

Numbers 31:41

Moses gave all of those gifts for the Lord to Eleazar the priest, like the Lord had commanded him.

Numbers 5:8

{But maybe the person he did wrong to is dead. And} maybe that dead person doesn’t have any close relatives to take the payment. In that case, the person who did wrong will give the payment to the Lord. That person will give the full payment to the priest. The priest must sacrifice the ram that makes people pure. This ram must be sacrificed to cover over the sins of the person who did wrong. But the priest can keep the rest of the payment.

Deuteronomy 12:26

“If you decide to give something special to God, then you must go to the special place that the Lord your God will choose. And if you make a special promise, then you must go to that place to give that gift to God.