Numbers 18:8-11

Offerings for Priests and Levites

8 Then the LORD said to Aaron, “I myself have put you in charge of the offerings presented to me; all the holy offerings the Israelites give me I give to you and your sons as your portion, your perpetual share.

9 You are to have the part of the most holy offerings that is kept from the fire. From all the gifts they bring me as most holy offerings, whether grain or sin^[a] or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.

10 Eat it as something most holy; every male shall eat it. You must regard it as holy.

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.

Numbers 18:8-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 18

This chapter gives an account of the distinct work and service of the priests and Levites, Nu 18:1-7; and of several things given to the priests for their maintenance, Nu 18:8-19; and of the tithes the Levites should have to live upon, since they were to have no inheritance in the land of Israel, Nu 18:20-24; and of the tenth out of those tithes they were to give to the high priest, Nu 18:25-32.

Cross References

• 1. S Leviticus 2:2
• 2. Leviticus 6:16; Leviticus 7:6,31-34,36; Deuteronomy 18:1; 2 Chronicles 31:4
• 3. S Leviticus 6:17
• 4. Leviticus 2:1
• 5. Leviticus 6:25
• 6. S Leviticus 5:15; Leviticus 7:7
• 7. S Leviticus 6:16
• 8. Leviticus 6:17,18
• 9. Exodus 29:26; Leviticus 7:30; Numbers 6:20
• 10. Leviticus 7:31-34
• 11. Leviticus 13:3; Leviticus 22:1-16

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "purification"