Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 18:31
And 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.
31. in every place ] Not in a holy place, but anywhere, as ordinary food for your households.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
In every place, i.e. in every clean place, and not in the holy place only.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And ye shall eat it in every place,…. In any of their tents or dwelling houses, not being obliged to eat it in the tabernacle, where the priests, were obliged to eat many of their holy things, and second tithes were only to be eaten at Jerusalem, De 14:22; but the Levites might eat theirs any where, in any place, clean or unclean, according to Jarchi; for, he says, it might be eaten even in a graveyard; but Aben Ezra much better, in a clean place, be that where it would:
ye, and your households; they and their wives, their sons and daughters, their servants, whether bought or hired; and they might sell it to strangers, to purchase other necessaries with. The Targum of Jonathan interprets this of the priests; but the Levites only are plainly spoken of:
for it [is] your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation; which is said to encourage them in their work, and animate them to it, as well as to clear their right to such a maintenance against all objections; for the labourer is worthy of his reward, as those that labour in the word and doctrine are of theirs, 1Ti 5:17.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
31. And ye shall eat it. Because the tithes were reckoned to be amongst the sacred oblations, a question might arise, whether it was lawful to eat them anywhere except in the sanctuary. God therefore declares, that when the Levites had separated the δευυτεροδεκάτας (the second tithes,) the residue passed into the nature and condition of ordinary meats; inasmuch as they might then eat in any place of the bread made of tithe-corn, like the produce of their own fields. The reason, which is subjoined, seems to be by no means appropriate; via, that it was the reward for the labor which they bestowed on the service of the tabernacle; for hence it was rather to be inferred, that this food was peculiarly destined for the ministers, whilst they were discharging their official duties, and keeping watch in the tabernacle, or killing the victims at the altar. But since by God’s command they were scattered over the whole land, and did not cease to be ministers of the tabernacle on account of the distance of their residence, it was justly permitted that, wherever they might be, they should eat of the meat appointed them by God. If it were allowable to take the particle כי, ki, (225) adversatively, the sense would be clearer. In the next verse he confirms the same declaration, i.e., that they should be free from all guilt when they had honestly paid the priests. Yet at the same time they are strictly admonished that they should not commit themselves by any fraud; for God declares that it would amount to sacrilege, if they should have thievishly embezzled any of it, and threatens them with capital punishment; for “to pollute the holy things” of the people, is equivalent to profaning whatever was consecrated in the name of the whole people.
(225) כי for, or because. — W.
” On pourroit aussi translater, Combien que ce soit votre loyer;” it might also be translated, although this is your reward. — Fr.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(31) And ye shall eat it in every place.When the tenth which was due to the priests had been duly paid, the remainder of the tithe received from the people became the rightful portion of the Levites, as their ordinary means of subsistence, and might be eaten by them in every place, not being subject to the restrictions laid upon the priests in regard to the place in which the holy things were to be eaten. (See 5:10.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
31. Ye shall eat it in every place The Levites might have as great freedom from ceremonial restrictions in the enjoyment of the tithe, after paying over a tithe of it to the priests, as the other tribes had in the enjoyment of their corn and wine and oil. The tithe, though a sacred obligation, had not the sacredness of the altar offerings, which must be eaten in a holy place.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Num 18:31 And 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.
Ver. 31. For it is your reward. ] Or, wages, which you dearly earn, and may justly call for. So Luk 10:7 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
in every: Deu 14:22, Deu 14:23
your reward: Mat 10:10, Luk 10:7, 1Co 9:10-14, 2Co 12:13, Gal 6:6, 1Ti 5:17, 1Ti 5:18
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
18:31 And ye shall eat it in every {r} place, ye and your households: for it [is] your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
(r) As in Num 18:11.