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Numbers 18:31 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 31. 31And 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.
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Role in This Section
Numbers 18:31 within “Levites Give a Tithe of the Tithe,” identifies who serves or receives and under what stated condition; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: you shall eat it in every place, you and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
Read It With
- Numbers 18:25–32
Read Numbers 18:31 with 18:25–32. It within “Levites Give a Tithe of the Tithe,” identifies who serves or receives and under what stated condition; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: you shall eat it in every place, you and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation. The complete unit establishes this contextual meaning: Levites must contribute the best tenth of the tithes they receive to Aaron; after that contribution, the remainder counts as produce and may be eaten by their households without profaning holy gifts.
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Read Numbers 18:25–32 — Levites Give a Tithe of the TitheSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Numbers 18:25–32, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Numbers
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, release 2.2, 2021
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, numbers, speeches, poems, legal clauses, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Num.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 18:25–32
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