Numbers 18:14

14 "Everything in Israel that has been unconditionally dedicated to me belongs to you. ¹

Numbers 18:14 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 18:14

Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
] Fields, houses, cattle if absolutely devoted to the Lord, they were the priest's; but if devoted to certain uses, they were appropriated to those uses, as the repairs of the temple see ( Leviticus 27:1-34 ) .

Numbers 18:14 In-Context

12 "I am giving you all the best of the first produce which the Israelites give me each year: olive oil, wine, and grain.

13 It all belongs to you. Every member of your family who is ritually clean may eat it.

14 "Everything in Israel that has been unconditionally dedicated to me belongs to you.

15 "Every first-born child or animal that the Israelites present to me belongs to you. But you must accept payment to buy back every first-born child, and must also accept payment for every first-born animal that is ritually unclean.

16 Children shall be bought back at the age of one month for the fixed price of five pieces of silver, according to the official standard.

Cross References

• 1. 18.14Leviticus 27.28.