Numbers 18:12

12 "I am also giving you the first of the produce they give the LORD: the best of all the olive oil and the best of the new wine and fresh grain.

Numbers 18:12 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 18:12

All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of
the wheat
Or the "fat" ^F9 of them; the fat of anything being the best, see ( Deuteronomy 32:14 ) ; the firstfruits of them:
the oil, and wine, and wheat: which they shall offer unto the Lord, them have I given thee;
this Jarchi calls the great heave offering, the firstfruits of their harvest and vintage, which being offered to the Lord, was given to the priests: the quantity is not fixed, but left to the generosity of the people, and was a free gift; liberal men would give a fortieth part, those of a meaner spirit a fiftieth, and niggardly ones a sixtieth, and less than that was not given (See Gill on Exodus 22:29); compare with this ( Ezekiel 45:13 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (blx) "pinguedinem", Pagninus, Montanus

Numbers 18:12 In-Context

10 Eat it in a most holy place. Any male may eat it. You must consider it holy.

11 "The contributions that come as gifts taken from the offerings presented by the Israelites are also yours. I am giving these to you, your sons, and your daughters. They will always be yours. Anyone in your household who is clean may eat them.

12 "I am also giving you the first of the produce they give the LORD: the best of all the olive oil and the best of the new wine and fresh grain.

13 The first of all produce harvested in their land that they bring to the LORD is yours. Anyone in your household who is clean may eat it.

14 "Anything in Israel that is claimed by the LORD is yours.