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Numbers 18:11

in Numbers 18

And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And this is thine: the heave-offering of their gift, even all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel; I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, as a portion for ever; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat thereof.

KJV

And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.

This verse in Numbers 18

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Behold, I also have given thee the charge

on Numbers 18:8-14

The portions are sorted by two rules and the text marks the difference without explaining it. The most holy things of verses 9 and 10 are eaten by the males of the priestly families inside the sanctuary, while the heave offerings, the wave offerings and the firstfruits of verses 11 to 13 are eaten by every clean person in the priest's house, daughters included. Albert Barnes reads the phrase in the most holy place at verse 10 as among the most holy things, which turns the sentence from a place into a class. Paul cites this arrangement by name at 1 Corinthians 9:13, that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

It is commanded that the best of the oil, and the best of the wine and wheat, should be offered for the first-fruits unto the Lord, which the priest were to have,

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And this is thine,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

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.

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How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

ראשיתם THE FIRST FRUITS OF THEM [WHICH THEY SHALL GIVE UNTO THE LORD; THEM I HAVE GIVEN THEE] — This refers to the “T’rumah Gedolah” (the priest’s portion of the produce which is the first portion to be set aside from the produce; cf. Deuteronomy:4).
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Numbers 18:12:1, via Sefaria, Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
“This teaches us that the most holy offerings may only be eaten in the Sanctuary Court, and only by male priests.
Ramban: Spain, 1194–1270 · Ramban on Numbers 18:10:1, via Sefaria, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

20 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְזֶה־and this

    vezeh-H20881180 times

  • לְּךָ֞[will belong] to <the> you

    lekha

  • תְּרוּמַ֣ת[the] contribution of

    terumatH864176 times

  • מַתָּנָ֗םgift their

    matanamH4976

  • לְכָל־to all

    lekholH36055413 times

  • תְּנוּפֹת֮[the] wave-offerings of

    tenufotH857330 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of

    beneiH11214930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵל֒Israel

    yisraelH34782507 times

  • לְךָ֣to <the> you

    lekha

  • נְתַתִּ֗יםI give them

    netatimH54142011 times

  • וּלְבָנֶ֧יךָand to sons your

    ulevaneikhaH11214930 times

  • וְלִבְנֹתֶ֛יךָand to daughters your

    velivnoteikhaH1323588 times

  • אִתְּךָ֖with you

    ʾitekhaH854929 times

  • לְחָק־to a prescribed portion of

    lechok-H2706127 times

  • עוֹלָ֑םperpetuity

    olamH5769438 times

  • כָּל־every

    kol-H36055413 times

  • טָה֥וֹרclean [person]

    tahorH288994 times

  • בְּבֵיתְךָ֖among household your

    beveitekhaH10042046 times

  • יֹאכַ֥לhe will eat

    yokhalH398810 times

  • אֹתֽוֹ׃<obj.> it

    ʾotoH85310935 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 18:3

    This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 7:30–34

      With his own hands he is to bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before…

    • Deuteronomy 12:27

      Present the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your other sacrifices must be poured out beside the altar of the LORD your…

  • Through

    Numbers 18:8

    Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons…

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 6:16

      Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.

    • Exodus 29:29

      The holy garments that belong to Aaron will belong to his sons after him, so they can be anointed and ordained in them.

    • Leviticus 6:18

      Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. This is a permanent portion from the offerings made by fire to the LORD for the generations to come. Anything that touches them will…

    • Leviticus 7:6

      Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.

    • Exodus 40:15

      Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may also serve Me as priests. Their anointing will qualify them for a permanent priesthood throughout their generations.”

  • Through

    Leviticus 10:14

    And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you…

    it leads to

    • John 4:34

      Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.