Numbers 18:12

12 All the best of the oil, and of the wine, and of the corn, whatsoever firstfruits they offer to the Lord, I have given them to thee.

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 Thou shalt eat it in the sanctuary: the males only shall eat thereof, because it is a consecrated thing to thee.

11 But the firstfruits, which the children of Israel shall vow and offer, I have given to thee, and to thy sons, and to thy daughters, by a perpetual law. He that is clean in thy house, shall eat them.

12 All the best of the oil, and of the wine, and of the corn, whatsoever firstfruits they offer to the Lord, I have given them to thee.

13 All the firstripe of the fruits, that the ground bringeth forth, and which are brought to the Lord, shall be for thy use: he that is clean in thy house, shall eat them.

14 Every thing that the children of Israel shall give by vow, shall be thine.