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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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

10Eat 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. “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. 13All 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.

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 18:29You must present as the Lord’s portion the best and holiest part of everything given to you.’
• Numbers 15:19and you eat the food of the land, present a portion as an offering to the Lord.
• Exodus 22:29“Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. “You must give me the firstborn of your sons.
• Exodus 23:19“Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God. “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
• Exodus 34:26“Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God. “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
• Leviticus 2:14“ ‘If you bring a grain offering of firstfruits to the Lord, offer crushed heads of new grain roasted in the fire.
• Leviticus 23:17From wherever you live, bring two loaves made of two-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour, baked with yeast, as a wave offering of firstfruits to the Lord.
• Deuteronomy 18:4You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the first wool from the shearing of your sheep,
• Deuteronomy 26:2take some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land the Lord your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name
• Nehemiah 10:35“We also assume responsibility for bringing to the house of the Lord each year the firstfruits of our crops and of every fruit tree.

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