Numbers 18:12

Translations

Modern

I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.

Traditional

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.

Literal

All the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine and the grain, their firstfruits that they offer to YHWH, I have given them to you.

Latin

Omnem medullam olei, et vini, ac frumenti, quidquid offerunt primitiarum Domino, tibi dedi.

Original

Hebrew

English

I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.

Notes

Numbers 18:8–14

The 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).

Numbers 18:1–32

The instructions here came from the need shown in chapter 17 for clear boundaries between the people, priests, and Levites. The Levites had special privileges and important responsibilities. One key part of their job was to protect the Tent of Meeting from unauthorized entry (chapter 16).

Theme notes and profiles

Complete Dedication

Related verses

Exodus 23:19
Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
Deuteronomy 18:4
You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock.
Exodus 34:26
Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
Leviticus 23:20
The priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
Deuteronomy 26:2
…you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that 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,
Numbers 15:19–21
…and you eat the food of the land, you shall lift up an offering to the LORD.
Leviticus 23:17
Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD.
Leviticus 2:14
If you bring a grain offering of firstfruits to the LORD, you shall offer crushed heads of new grain roasted on the fire.
Exodus 22:29
You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.
Nehemiah 10:35–37
We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year.

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Deuteronomy, Book of Firstfruits Inheritance Numbers, Book of

Topics

First Fruits: Belonged to the Priests First Fruits: First Ripe of Fruits, Grain, Oil, Wine, and First of Fleece, Required As an offering First Fruits: Offerings of, Must be Free from Blemish Offerings: Heave: Given to the Priests' Families As Part of Their Benefits Priest: Benefits of Firstfruits Priest: Benefits of Portions of Sacrifices and offerings Priest: Benefits of Tithes of the Tithes Priests: Revenues of First-Fruits The First Fruits: Allotted to the Priests The First Fruits: To be the Very Best of Their Kind Wheat: Offering of

Numbers 18:12

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