Numbers 18:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

And 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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֤ם אֹתוֹ֙ בְּכָל־מָק֔וֹם אַתֶּ֖ם וּבֵֽיתְכֶ֑ם כִּֽי־שָׂכָ֥ר הוּא֙ לָכֶ֔ם חֵ֥לֶף עֲבֹֽדַתְכֶ֖ם בְּאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

Transliteration

wa-'ăkaltem it in-all-māqôm you and-bêṯᵉkem; kî-śākār hû' to-you ḥēlep 'ăbōḏaṯᵉkem in-'ōhel mô'ēḏ.

Grammar Details

• *wa*: conjunction with consecutive imperfect - and
• *'ăkaltem*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - you shall eat
• *māqôm*: noun - place
• *bêṯᵉkem*: noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your household
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *śākār*: noun - wages/reward/payment
• *hû'*: 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - it is
• *ḥēlep*: preposition - in exchange for
• *'ăbōḏaṯᵉkem*: noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your service/work
• *'ōhel*: noun - tent
• *mô'ēḏ*: noun - meeting/appointed time

Word Meanings

• *māqôm*: place/location/spot
• *śākār*: wages/reward/payment/hire
• *ḥēlep*: in exchange for/in return for/as compensation for
• *'ăbōḏaṯᵉkem*: service/work/labor
• *'ōhel mô'ēḏ*: tent of meeting/tabernacle

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You and your households may eat it anywhere, as it is your wages in return for your service in the tent of meeting.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And ye shall eat{H398} it in every place,{H4725} ye and your households:{H1004} for it is your reward{H7939} in return for{H2500} your service{H5656} in the tent{H168} of meeting.{H4150}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And ye shall eat{H398}{(H8804)} it in every place{H4725}, ye and your households{H1004}: for it is your reward{H7939} for{H2500} your service{H5656} in the tabernacle{H168} of the congregation{H4150}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And ye shall eate it in all places both ye and youre housholdes for it is youre rewarde for youre seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And ye maye eate it in all places, ye & yor children: for it is youre rewarde for youre seruyce in the Tabernacle of witnesse:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And ye shal eate it in al places, ye, & your housholdes: for it is your wages for your seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And ye shall eate it in all places, both ye and your householdes, for it is your rewarde for your seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall eat it in every place, you and your households: for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and ye have eaten it in every place, ye and your households, for it `is' your hire in exchange for your service in the tent of meeting;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And 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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  It 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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall eat it in every place, you and your households: for it is your reward in return for your service in the Tent of Meeting.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  And you may eat it in any place, you and your household, because it is your wages for your service in the tent of meeting.

Referenced Verses

• Matt 10:10 : 10 Nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs: for the worker is worthy of his food.
• Luke 10:7 : 7 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.
• 1 Cor 9:10-14 : 10 Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope. 11 If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things? 12 If others are partakers of this right over you, should not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not used this right, but endure all things lest we hinder the gospel of Christ. 13 Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the temple, and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar? 14 Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.
• 1 Tim 5:17-18 : 17 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine. 18 For the Scripture says, You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain. And, The laborer is worthy of his wages.
• Deut 14:22-23 : 22 You shall truly tithe all the increase of your seed, that the field brings forth year by year. 23 And you shall eat before the LORD your God, in the place which He shall choose to place His name there, the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks; that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.
• 2 Cor 12:13 : 13 For in what way were you inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong.
• Gal 6:6 : 6 Let him who is taught in the word share with him who teaches in all good things.