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Numbers 18:12

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.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - First Fruits;   Offerings;   Priest;   Wheat;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dues, Priests';   First-Fruits;   Leaders;   Levites;   Ministers;   Ownership, Divine;   Priests;   Religious;   Stewardship-Ownership;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - First Fruits, the;   Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Wine;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Firstfruits;   Priest;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Firstfruits;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Fat;   Fruit;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Fat;   Firstfruits;   Pentateuch;   Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Firstfruits;   Wheat;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Aaron's Rod;   Numbers, Book of;   Priests and Levites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Wheat;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Levites ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Covenant;   First-fruits;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;   Oil;   Priest;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Best;   Criticism (the Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis);   First-Fruits;   Wine;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Fat;   First-Fruits;   Heave-Offering;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
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 the LORD, to you have I given them.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
All the finest olive oil and all the finest new wine and their best grain that they have given to Yahweh, I have given them to you.
New Century Version
"And I give you all the best olive oil and all the best new wine and grain. This is what the Israelites give to me, the Lord , from the first crops they harvest.
New English Translation
"All the best of the olive oil and all the best of the wine and of the wheat, the first fruits of these things that they give to the Lord , I have given to you.
Amplified Bible
"All the best of the fresh [olive] oil, and all the best of the new wine and of the grain, the first fruits of those which they give to the LORD, I give them to you.
New American Standard Bible
"All the best of the fresh oil and all the best of the fresh wine and of the grain, the first fruits of what they give to the LORD, I have given them to you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
All the fat of the oyle, and all the fat of the wine, and of the wheate, which they shal offer vnto the Lord for their first fruites, I haue giuen them vnto thee.
Legacy Standard Bible
All the best of the fresh oil and all the best of the fresh wine and of the grain, the first fruits of those which they give to Yahweh, I give them to you.
Contemporary English Version
For example, when the Israelites bring me the first batches of oil, wine, and grain, you can have the best parts of those gifts.
Complete Jewish Bible
All the best of the olive oil, wine and grain, the first portion of what they give to Adonai , I have given to you.
Darby Translation
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they give to Jehovah, have I given thee.
Easy-to-Read Version
"And I give you all the best olive oil and all the best new wine and grain. These are the things that the Israelites give to me, the Lord . These are the first things that they gather in their harvest.
English Standard Version
All the best of the oil and all the best of the wine and of the grain, the firstfruits of what they give to the Lord , I give to you.
George Lamsa Translation
All the best of the oil and all the best of the wheat and of the wine, the firstfruits of them that they shall give to the LORD, I have given them to you.
Good News Translation
"I am giving you all the best of the first produce which the Israelites give me each year: olive oil, wine, and grain.
Christian Standard Bible®
I am giving you all the best of the fresh oil, new wine, and grain, which the Israelites give to the Lord as their firstfruits.
Literal Translation
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and wheat, the first fruits of them which they give to Jehovah, I have given to you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
All the fat of the oyle, and all ye fat of the wyne and corne of their firstlinges, that they geue vnto the LORDE, haue I geuen vnto ye.
American Standard Version
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Al the fat of the oyle, & al the fat of the wine, & of the wheate, which they shall offer vnto the Lorde for first fruites, the same haue I geuen vnto thee.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the corn, the first part of them which they give unto the LORD, to thee have I given them.
King James Version (1611)
All the best of the oyle, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the first fruits of them which they shall offer vnto the Lord, them haue I giuen thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Every first-offering of oil, and every first-offering of wine, their first-fruits of corn, whatsoever they may give to the Lord, to thee have I given them.
English Revised Version
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage, and of the corn, the firstfruits of them which they give unto the LORD, to thee have I given them.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y yaf to thee al the merowe of oile, and of wyn, and of wheete, what euer thing of the firste fruytis thei schulen offre to the Lord.
Young's Literal Translation
all the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and wheat -- their first-[fruits] which they give to Jehovah -- to thee I have given them.
Update Bible Version
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, to you I have given them.
Webster's Bible Translation
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the first-fruits of them which they shall offer to the LORD, them have I given to thee.
World English Bible
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, to you have I given them.
New King James Version
"All the best of the oil, all the best of the new wine and the grain, their firstfruits which they offer to the LORD, I have given them to you.
New Living Translation
"I also give you the harvest gifts brought by the people as offerings to the Lord —the best of the olive oil, new wine, and grain.
New Life Bible
I give to you all the best of the oil and all the best of the wine and of the grain, the first-fruits of what they give to the Lord.
New Revised Standard
All the best of the oil and all the best of the wine and of the grain, the choice produce that they give to the Lord , I have given to you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
All the best of oil, and all the best of new-wine and corn, - the firstfruits thereof which they shall give unto Yahweh, unto thee, have I given them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
All the best of the oil, and of the wine, and of the corn, whatsoever firstfruits they offer to the Lord, I have given them to thee.
Revised Standard Version
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine and of the grain, the first fruits of what they give to the LORD, I give to you.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"All the best of the fresh oil and all the best of the fresh wine and of the grain, the first fruits of those which they give to the LORD, I give them to you.

Contextual Overview

8 And the Lord said to Aaron, See, I have given into your care my lifted offerings; even all the holy things of the children of Israel I have given to you and to your sons as your right for ever, because you have been marked with the holy oil. 9 This is to be yours of the most holy things, out of the fire offerings; every offering of theirs, every meal offering and sin-offering, and every offering which they make on account of error, is to be most holy for you and your sons. 10 As most holy things they are to be your food: let every male have them for food; it is to be holy to you. 11 And this is yours: the lifted offering which they give and all the wave offerings of the children of Israel I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters as your right for ever: everyone in your house who is clean may have them for food. 12 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. 13 The earliest produce from their land which they take to the Lord is to be yours; everyone in your house who is clean may have it for his food. 14 Everything given by oath to the Lord in Israel is to be yours. 15 The first birth of every living thing which is offered to the Lord, of man or beast, is to be yours; but for the first sons of man payment is to be made, and for the first young of unclean beasts. 16 Payment is to be made for these when they are a month old, at the value fixed by you, a price of five shekels by the scale of the holy place, that is, twenty gerahs to the shekel. 17 But no such payment may be made for the first birth of an ox or a sheep or a goat; these are holy: their blood is to be dropped on the altar, and their fat burned for an offering made by fire, a sweet smell to the Lord.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

best of the oil: Heb. fat, Numbers 18:29

the firstfruits: Numbers 15:19-21, Exodus 22:29, Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, Leviticus 2:14, Leviticus 23:17, Leviticus 23:20, Deuteronomy 18:4, Deuteronomy 26:2, Nehemiah 10:35-37

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:3 - the fruit Genesis 4:4 - the firstlings Genesis 45:18 - the fat Leviticus 19:24 - all the Numbers 15:20 - a cake 2 Chronicles 31:5 - came abroad Nehemiah 10:37 - the firstfruits Jeremiah 2:3 - the firstfruits Ezekiel 44:30 - all the firstfruits

Cross-References

Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?
Genesis 18:6
Then Abraham went quickly into the tent, and said to Sarah, Get three measures of meal straight away and make cakes.
Genesis 18:7
And running to the herd, he took a young ox, soft and fat, and gave it to the servant and he quickly made it ready;
Genesis 18:11
Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.
Genesis 18:12
And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?
Genesis 18:13
And the Lord said, Why was Sarah laughing and saying, Is it possible for me, being old, to give birth to a child?
Genesis 18:18
Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?
Genesis 18:20
And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil,
Psalms 126:2
Then our mouths were full of laughing, and our tongues gave a glad cry; they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them.
Ephesians 5:33
But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat,.... Or the "fat" i of them; the fat of anything being the best, see Deuteronomy 32:14;

the firstfruits of them: the oil, and wine, and wheat:

which they shall offer unto the Lord, them have I given thee; this Jarchi calls the great heave offering, the firstfruits of their harvest and vintage, which being offered to the Lord, was given to the priests: the quantity is not fixed, but left to the generosity of the people, and was a free gift; liberal men would give a fortieth part, those of a meaner spirit a fiftieth, and niggardly ones a sixtieth, and less than that was not given Deuteronomy 32:14- :; compare with this

Ezekiel 45:13.

i חלב "pinguedinem", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.


 
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