Numbers 18:11

11 And this shall be to you of the first-fruits of their gifts, of all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel; to thee have I given them and to thy sons and thy daughters with thee, a perpetual ordinance; every clean person in thy house shall eat them.

Numbers 18:11 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 18:11

And this [is] thine
What follow, which appertained to the priests, are the less or lighter holy things: the heave offering of their gift:
the right shoulder, given to the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of peace offerings, ( Leviticus 7:32 ) ; according to Jarchi, it was what was lifted up or heaved from the thank offering, the peace offerings, and the ram of the Nazarites, see ( Leviticus 7:14 Leviticus 7:32 ) ( Numbers 6:19 Numbers 6:20 ) ; with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel;
which were waved to and fro before the Lord, as the breast of the peace offerings, called therefore the wave breast, ( Leviticus 7:30 Leviticus 7:34 ) ; I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons, and to thy daughters
with thee, by a statute for ever;
for these were to be eaten in their own houses, and by their families, wives, children, and servants bought with their money, or born in their houses; but not hired servants, nor sojourners, nor strangers; nor their daughters married to strangers though, if widows, or divorced, and without children, and returned to their father's house, they might eat of them, ( Leviticus 22:10-13 ) ; thus a provision was made for the maintenance of the priests of the Lord and their families, until the Messiah should come; who has also appointed that they that preach the Gospel should live of it, ( 1 Corinthians 9:13 1 Corinthians 9:14 ) ; everyone that is clean in thy house shall eat of it:
that was clean in a ceremonial sense; had not touched a dead body Jarchi says, this is said to comprehend his wife; but that might be concluded from what is said before, for if his children, much more might his wife eat of it.

Numbers 18:11 In-Context

9 And let this be to you from all the holy things that are consecrated the burnt-offerings, from all their gifts, and from all their sacrifices, and from every trespass-offering of theirs, and from all their sin-offerings, whatever things they give to me of all their holy things, they shall be thine and thy sons'.

10 In the most holy place shall ye eat them; every male shall eat them, thou and thy sons: they shall be holy to thee.

11 And this shall be to you of the first-fruits of their gifts, of all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel; to thee have I given them and to thy sons and thy daughters with thee, a perpetual ordinance; every clean person in thy house shall eat them.

12 Every first-offering of oil, and every first-offering of wine, their first-fruits of corn, whatsoever they may give to the Lord, to thee have I given them.

13 All the first-fruits that are in their land, whatsoever they shall offer to the Lord, shall be thine: every clean person in thy house shall eat them.

Footnotes

• [a] 18.11