Numbers 18:11
in Numbers 18And 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.
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This verse in Numbers 18
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis 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
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 & Brown1802–1910
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).
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.
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 wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְזֶה־ | vezeh- | and this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| לְּךָ֞ | lekha | [will belong] to <the> you | ||
| תְּרוּמַ֣ת | terumat | [the] contribution of | H8641 → | 76 times |
| מַתָּנָ֗ם | matanam | gift their | H4976 → | |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| תְּנוּפֹת֮ | tenufot | [the] wave-offerings of | H8573 → | 30 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לְךָ֣ | lekha | to <the> you | ||
| נְתַתִּ֗ים | netatim | I give them | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| וּלְבָנֶ֧יךָ | ulevaneikha | and to sons your | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וְלִבְנֹתֶ֛יךָ | velivnoteikha | and to daughters your | H1323 → | 588 times |
| אִתְּךָ֖ | ʾitekha | with you | H854 → | 929 times |
| לְחָק־ | lechok- | to a prescribed portion of | H2706 → | 127 times |
| עוֹלָ֑ם | olam | perpetuity | H5769 → | 438 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| טָה֥וֹר | tahor | clean [person] | H2889 → | 94 times |
| בְּבֵיתְךָ֖ | beveitekha | among household your | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יֹאכַ֥ל | yokhal | he will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| אֹתֽוֹ׃ | ʾoto | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
וְזֶה־and this
vezeh-H2088 →1180 times
לְּךָ֞[will belong] to <the> you
lekha
תְּרוּמַ֣ת[the] contribution of
terumatH8641 →76 times
מַתָּנָ֗םgift their
matanamH4976 →
לְכָל־to all
lekholH3605 →5413 times
תְּנוּפֹת֮[the] wave-offerings of
tenufotH8573 →30 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵל֒Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
לְךָ֣to <the> you
lekha
נְתַתִּ֗יםI give them
netatimH5414 →2011 times
וּלְבָנֶ֧יךָand to sons your
ulevaneikhaH1121 →4930 times
וְלִבְנֹתֶ֛יךָand to daughters your
velivnoteikhaH1323 →588 times
אִתְּךָ֖with you
ʾitekhaH854 →929 times
לְחָק־to a prescribed portion of
lechok-H2706 →127 times
עוֹלָ֑םperpetuity
olamH5769 →438 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
טָה֥וֹרclean [person]
tahorH2889 →94 times
בְּבֵיתְךָ֖among household your
beveitekhaH1004 →2046 times
יֹאכַ֥לhe will eat
yokhalH398 →810 times
אֹתֽוֹ׃<obj.> it
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 18:3This 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…
- Leviticus 7:30–34
Through
Numbers 18:8Then 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.”
- Leviticus 6:16
Through
Leviticus 10:14And 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.
- John 4:34
Where this verse is studied
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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.
