King James Version

What Does Numbers 18:9 Mean?

This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.

Context

7

Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

8

And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.

9

This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.

10

In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.

11

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.

Commentary

Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(9) F**rom the fire.—**i.e., from the fire which was kindled upon the altar of burnt offering. **Every oblation of their’s, every meat offering of their’s . . . —**Or, *every oblation of their’s for all their meat offerings, and for all their sin offerings, and for all their trespass offerings *(or, *guilt offerings*)*.*

Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.

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