Numbers 18:12

12 "And I give you all the best olive oil and all the best new wine and grain. This is what the Israelites give to me, the Lord, from the first crops they harvest.

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 must eat the offering in a most holy place. Any male may eat it, but you must respect it as holy.

11 "I also give you the offerings the Israelites present to me. I give these to you and your sons and daughters as your continual share. Anyone in your family who is clean may eat it.

12 "And I give you all the best olive oil and all the best new wine and grain. This is what the Israelites give to me, the Lord, from the first crops they harvest.

13 When they bring to the Lord all the first things they harvest, they will be yours. Anyone in your family who is clean may eat these things.

14 "Everything in Israel that is given to the Lord is yours.