Numbers 18:19

19 All the contributions of holiness that the {Israelites} offer to Yahweh I have given to you and your sons and your daughters with you as an eternal decree; it [is] an eternal covenant of salt {before} Yahweh to you and your offspring with you."

Numbers 18:19 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 18:19

All the heave offerings of the holy things
All before mentioned, and whatsoever comes under that name:

which the children of Israel offer unto the Lord;
either by his commandment, or of their own freewill;

have I given thee, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee, by a
statute for ever:
so providing for their maintenance by an irrepealable law as long as their priesthood lasted, even until the Messiah should come:

it [is] a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord unto thee, and thy
seed with thee:
an incorruptible, inviolable, durable covenant, which should last for ever, even until the Gospel dispensation or world to come should take place; and it would remain ever before the Lord in his sight, who would take care it should never be made void, but stand fast with Aaron and his posterity as long as his priesthood endured.

Numbers 18:19 In-Context

17 Only the firstborn of an ox or the firstborn of a sheep or the firstborn of a goat you will not redeem; they [are] holy. Their blood you will sprinkle over the altar, and their fat you will turn into smoke [as] an offering made by fire, a fragrance of appeasement for Yahweh.
18 But their flesh will be for you like the breast section of the wave offering, and it will be for you like the right upper thigh.
19 All the contributions of holiness that the {Israelites} offer to Yahweh I have given to you and your sons and your daughters with you as an eternal decree; it [is] an eternal covenant of salt {before} Yahweh to you and your offspring with you."
20 Then Yahweh said to Aaron, "You will not receive an inheritance in their land, and there will not be a plot of ground for you in the midst of the {Israelites}.
21 "Behold, I have given to the descendants of Levi every tithe in Israel as an inheritance in return for their service, which they [are] doing, the work of the tent of assembly.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"
  • [b]. Literally "in the presence of"
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