“I have given to you all the best of the oil, all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first fruits of them which they give to Yahweh.
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“I have given to you all the best of the oil, all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first fruits of them which they give to Yahweh.
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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.
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All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the corn, the first part of them which they give unto the LORD, to thee have I given them.
Cross-references (10)
Passages linked to Numbers 18:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 23:19 You shall bring the first of the first fruits of your ground into the house of Yahweh your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
- Deuteronomy 18:4 You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep.
- Exodus 34:26 “You shall bring the first of the first fruits of your ground to the house of Yahweh your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
- Exodus 22:29 “You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. “You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me.
- Leviticus 2:14 “ ‘If you offer a meal offering of first fruits to Yahweh, you shall offer for the meal offering of your first fruits fresh heads of grain parched with fire and crushed.
- Leviticus 23:17 You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of two tenths of an ephah of fine flour. They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 23:20 The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before Yahweh, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to Yahweh for the priest.
- Numbers 15:19-21 then it shall be that when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall offer up a wave offering to Yahweh. Of the first of your dough you shall offer up a cake for a wave offering. As the wave offering of the threshing floor, so you shall heave it. Of the first of your dough, you shall give to Yahweh a wave offering throughout your generations.
- Deuteronomy 26:2 that you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you shall bring in from your land that Yahweh your God gives you. You shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.
- Nehemiah 10:35-37 and to bring the first fruits of our ground, and the first fruits of all fruit of all kinds of trees, year by year, to Yahweh’s house; also the firstborn of our sons, and of our livestock, as it is written in the law, and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God; and that we should bring the first fruits of our dough, our wave offerings, the fruit of all kinds of trees, and the new wine and the oil, to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground to the Levites; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, the chiefest, or the best.
That is, the chiefest, or the best.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 18:12 All the best of the oil, and…
Num 18:12 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.
Ver. 12. All the best of the oil.] Heb., The fat. God can afford the ministers the best of the best, though the most now-a-days think the worst too good for them.
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Which they shall offer.] Not appointing them how much, but leaving that to the people’s liberality. And what that was, let Philo {a} the Jew speak, who well knew the customs of his own nation, and tells us, that all things due to the priests were paid very freely, and most cheerfully. At haec gens debitam pecuniam lubens gaudensque depromit, saith he; This people willingly, and with rejoicing, draw out their money for the priests, not as if they gave, but received rather, adding happy forebodings and gratulations.
{a} Philo, De Sacerdot. Honor.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The best, Heb. the fat for the best: the…
The best, Heb. the fat for the best: the fat of wheat is the best of it, Deu 32:14; Psa 81:16; 147:14.
The first-fruits of them; as well those which were offered in the name and behalf of the body of the people at the solemn feasts, Lev 23:10,17, as those which were required of particular persons, Exo 22:29; 23:19; whereof the precise quantity is not determined, but left free to the giver, as an exercise for his piety and charity, only they are enjoined to give the first and the best of them.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain All the best of the oil, and all the…
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat,.... Or the "fat" (i) of them; the fat of anything being the best, see Deu 32:14,
the firstfruits of them: the oil, and wine, and wheat:
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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 Exo 22:29; compare with this Eze 45:13.
(i) "pinguedinem", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain The best, (medullam.) Literally, "the marrow." (Haydock) --- The…
The best, (medullam.) Literally, "the marrow." (Haydock) --- The fattest and most delicious. (Menochius)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12. Firstfruits — See Gen_4:3; Lev_2:12; Lev_23:10, notes.
12. Firstfruits — See Gen_4:3; Lev_2:12; Lev_23:10, notes.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. the best] lit. ‘the fat’ (as marg.). Cf.…
12. the best] lit. ‘the fat’ (as marg.). Cf. Deu_32:14, Psa_81:16. This vague expression is explained by the more technical term the firstfruits, or the first (Heb. rêshîth); cf. Deu_18:4. The amount which the priest is to receive is not stated; but in later times fixed proportions were laid down by the chiefs of the Rabbinic schools.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) All the best . . . —Hebrew, all…
(12) All the best . . . —Hebrew, all the fat, as in Gen_45:18.
The firstfruits of them . . . —The quantity is not defined. St. Jerome, in his Commentary on Ezekiel 45, mentions the fortieth part as a liberal contribution, and the sixtieth as a scanty one, according to Jewish tradition.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain All the best. Literally, "all the fat". (cf. Gen_45:18)
All the best. Literally, "all the fat". (cf. Gen_45:18)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Connecting Statement:
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God continues speaking to Aaron.
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the firstfruits
This refers to the first of the best oil, wine, and grain that they harvest.
Everyone who is clean in your family
Being acceptable to God is spoken of as if they were clean. AT: "Everyone in your family who is acceptable to me" (See: Metaphor)
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