Numbers 18:12

“I have given to you all the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first fruits of them which they give to Yahweh.

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WEBBE

“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 the LORD.

BSB

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.

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.

ASV

All the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first-fruits of them which they give unto Jehovah, to thee have I given them.

BBE

All the best of the oil and the wine and the grain, the first-fruits of them which they give to the Lord, to you have I given them.

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כֹּל kol all H3605 חֵלֶב che·lev [the] best of H2459 יִצְהָר yitz·har [the] fresh oil H3323 וְכָל־ ve·khol and all H3605 חֵלֶב che·lev [the] best of H2459 תִּירוֹשׁ ti·ro·osh [the] new wine H8492 וְדָגָן ve·da·gan and grain H1715 רֵאשִׁיתָם re·shi·tam first [fruit] their H7225 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- which H834 יִתְּנוּ yi·te·nu they will give H5414 לַיהוָה la·yah·weh to Yahweh H3068 לְךָ le·kha to (the) you H9031 נְתַתִּים ne·ta·tim I give them H5414

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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 business. Also, that they might be examples of living by faith, not only in God's providence, but in his ordinances. The best should be offered for the first-fruits unto the Lord. Those who think to save, by putting God off with the refuse, deceive themselves, for God is not mocked.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.