Numbers 18:12

12 All [the] finest olive oil and all the finest new wine and their best grain that they have given to Yahweh, I have given them to you.

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 You will eat it in the most holy place; every male will eat it. It will be a holy object to you.

11 This [is also] for you: the contribution of their gift of the wave offerings of the children Israel. I have given them to you and your sons and your daughters with you as an eternal decree; whoever [is] clean in your house may eat it.

12 All [the] finest olive oil and all the finest new wine and their best grain that they have given to Yahweh, I have given them to you.

13 [The] firstfruits of all that [is] in their land that they present to Yahweh will be for you; whoever [is] clean in your house may eat it.

14 All consecrated possessions in Israel will be for you.