Numbers 18:11
This, therefore, shall be thine—the heave-offering of their gift even all the wave-offerings of the sons of Israel, unto thee, have I given them and unto thy sons and unto thy daughters with thee by a statute age-abiding,—every one that is clean in thy house, shall eat it.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
10As something most holy, shall ye eat it,—every male, shall eat it, holy, shall it be unto thee.
Cross References
Exodus 29:27And thou shalt hallow the breast of the wave-offering, and the shoulder of the heave-offering, which is waved to and fro, and which is heaved up, from the ram of installation, from that which is for Aaron, and from that which is for his sons;
Leviticus 7:30his own hands shall bring in the altar-flames of Yahweh,—the fat with the breast, he shall bring it in, the breast, to wave it as a wave-offering before Yahweh.
Leviticus 22:1And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:
Leviticus 22:11But when, a priest, buyeth any person, as the purchase of his silver, he may eat thereof,—and, the children of his household, they, may eat of his food.
Deuteronomy 18:3This, therefore shall be the due of the priests from the people from them who offer the sacrifice whether ox or lamb,—there shall be given unto the priest, the shoulder and the two cheeks and the maw:
Matthew Henry on Numbers 18:9-20
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… Read the whole commentary →