Numbers 18:12

Numbers 18:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the Lord, them have I given thee.
• New International Version (NIV)“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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“All the best of the oil, all the best of the new wine and the grain, their firstfruits which they offer to the Lord, I have given them to you.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“I also give you the harvest gifts brought by the people as offerings to the Lord—the best of the olive oil, new wine, and grain.

Context of Numbers 18:12

10In a most holy place shall you eat it. Every male may eat it; it is holy to you. 11This also is yours: the contribution of their gift, all the wave offerings of the people of Israel. I have given them to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual due. Everyone who is clean in your house may eat it. All the best of the oil and all the best of the wine and of the grain, the firstfruits of what they give to the Lord, I give to you. 13The 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. 14Every devoted thing in Israel shall be yours.

Numbers 18:12 word by word

כֹּ֚ל חֵ֣לֶב יִצְהָ֔ר וְכָל־חֵ֖לֶב תִּיר֣וֹשׁ וְדָגָ֑ן רֵאשִׁיתָ֛ם אֲשֶׁר־יִתְּנ֥וּ לַֽיהוָ֖ה לְךָ֥ נְתַתִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• All the bestחֵ֫לֶבcheleb chêleb · fatH2459
• of the oilיִצְהָרyitshâr · oilH3323
• of the wineתִּירוֹשׁtîyrôsh tîyrôsh · new wineH8492
• and of the wheatדָּגָןdâgân · grainH1715
• the firstfruitsרֵאשִׁיתrê'shîyth · first: beginningH7225
• of them which they shall offerנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Numbers 18:12

• Numbers 18:29Out of all the gifts to you, you shall present every contribution due to the Lord; from each its best part is to be dedicated.'
• Numbers 15:19and when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall present a contribution to the Lord.
• Exodus 22:29"You shall not delay to offer from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me.
• Exodus 23:19"The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. "You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
• Exodus 34:26The best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk."
• Leviticus 2:14"If you offer a grain offering of firstfruits to the Lord, you shall offer for the grain offering of your firstfruits fresh ears, roasted with fire, crushed new grain.
• Leviticus 23:17You shall bring from your dwelling places two loaves of bread to be waved, made of two tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour, and they shall be baked with leaven, as firstfruits to the Lord.
• Deuteronomy 18:4The firstfruits of your grain, of your wine and of your oil, and the first fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.
• Deuteronomy 26:2you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from your land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you shall put it in a basket, and you shall go to the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name to dwell there.
• Nehemiah 10:35We obligate ourselves to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of the Lord;

Commentaries on Numbers 18:12

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-19Verses 8-19 All believers are spiritual priests, and God has promised to take care of them. Godliness has the promise of the life that now is. And from the provision here made for the priests, the apostle shows that it is the duty of christian churches to maintain their ministers. Scandalous maintenance makes scandalous ministers. The priests were to be wholly devoted to their ministry, not diverted from it, or disturbed in it, by worldly care or…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-14The priests and Levites received support through the sacrificial system (see, for example, Leviticus 7:28–36). God's chosen representatives deserve payment for their work (compare Matthew 10:9–10; 1 Corinthians 9:3–10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-208-13. the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of my heave offerings--A recapitulation is made in this passage of certain perquisites specially appropriated to the maintenance of the priests. They were parts of the votive and freewill offerings, including both meat and bread, wine and oil, and the first-fruits, which formed a large and valuable item.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 18:12

• First Fruits
• Offerings
• Priest
• Wheat

In the dictionaries

• Exodus
• Fat
• Fruit
• Agrapha
• Atonement, Day of
• Best
• Chronicles, Books of
• Criticism
• Ezekiel
• First-Fruits

Commentaries on Numbers 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings