Numbers 18:13

13 All the land’s firstfruits that they bring to the LORD will be yours. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat it.

Numbers 18:13 in Other Translations

KJV
13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it.
ESV
13 The first ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to the LORD, shall be yours. Everyone who is clean in your house may eat it.
NLT
13 All the first crops of their land that the people present to the LORD belong to you. Any member of your family who is ceremonially clean may eat this food.
MSG
13 all the firstfruits they offer to God are yours. Anyone in your household who is ritually clean may eat it.
CSB
13 The firstfruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to the Lord, belong to you. Every clean person in your house may eat them.

Numbers 18:13 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 18:13

[And] whatsoever is first ripe in the land
Of any other sort of fruit, figs, pomegranates, apples, plums, pears besides olives and vines;

which they shall bring unto the Lord, shall be thine;
which they shall bring in a basket to the tabernacle, where it was, or to the temple, when built: this the priests were to have, see ( Deuteronomy 26:2-4 ) ;

everyone that is clean in thine house shall eat of it;
(See Gill on Numbers 18:11).

Numbers 18:13 In-Context

11 “This also is yours: whatever is set aside from the gifts of all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I give this to you and your sons and daughters as your perpetual share. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat it.
12 “I give you all the finest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain they give the LORD as the firstfruits of their harvest.
13 All the land’s firstfruits that they bring to the LORD will be yours. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat it.
14 “Everything in Israel that is devoted to the LORD is yours.
15 The first offspring of every womb, both human and animal, that is offered to the LORD is yours. But you must redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Exodus 29:27; Exodus 22:29; Exodus 23:19
  • 2. ver 11
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