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John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 18:9

This shall be thine of the most holy things ,.... For, as observed, there were some lighter and lesser holy things or sacrifices, and others superlatively so: and those are begun with, such as were reserved from the fire ; those parts of sacrifices which were not burnt with fire on the altar of burnt offerings: every oblation of theirs ; which is a general word, including various offerings, the particulars follow: every meat offering of theirs : or bread offering, for they were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 18:10

In the most holy place shalt thou eat it ,.... Not in the holy of holies, eminently so called, nor in the holy place, for they were neither of them places to eat in; but in the tent of the congregation, as Aben Ezra, or court, as Jarchi; called most holy, in distinction from and in comparison of the camp of Israel, and their tents, as afterwards of Jerusalem, and their houses there, where they might not eat the most holy things: every male shall eat it ; the sons of priests, and they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 18:11

And this is thine ,.... What follow, which appertained to the priests, are the less or lighter holy things: the heave offering of their gift : the right shoulder, given to the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of peace offerings, Leviticus 7:32 ; according to Jarchi, it was what was lifted up or heaved from the thank offering, the peace offerings, and the ram of the Nazarites, see Leviticus 7:14 , with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel ; which were... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 18:1

Thou and thy sons - shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary, etc. - That is, They must be answerable for its legal pollutions, and must make the necessary atonements and expiations. By this they must feel that though they had got a high and important office confirmed to them by a miraculous interference, yet it was a place of the highest responsibility; and that they must not be high-minded, but fear. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 18:2

Thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi - may be joined unto thee - There is a fine paronomasia, or play upon words, in the original. לוי Levi comes from the root לוה lavah , to join to, couple, associate: hence Moses says, the Levites, ילוו yillavu , shall be joined, or associated with the priests; they shall conjointly perform the whole of the sacred office, but the priests shall be principal, the Levites only their associates or assistants. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 18:1

Verse 1 1And the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons. By this solemn appeal God stirs up the priests to devote themselves to their duty with the greatest fidelity and zeal, for He declares that if anything should be done contrary to the requirements of religion, they should be accounted guilty of it, since those are said to “bear the iniquity of the sanctuary” who sustain the crime and the punishment of all its pollutions. God would have the sanctuary kept clear from every stain and defect;... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 18:2

Verse 2 2.And thy brethren also. He here assigns their duties to the Levites, that they also may minister, but, as it were, under the hand of the priests, viz., that they may be ruled by their commands. Thus the authority was in the hands of the priests, but the Levites afforded them their assistance. On this ground they are prohibited from approaching the altar, or entering the greater sanctuary; in fact, a lower degree is assigned to them, half-way between the priests and the people. Hence... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 18:5

Verse 5 5.And ye shall keep the charge. He again exhorts the priests to be diligent in the performance of their office, with the addition of a denunciation of punishment if they failed in zeal and earnestness. Nor does He now threaten them alone, but the whole people; neither does this contradict the foregoing declaration, inasmuch as the common fault of all by no means lightened theirs. Nay, if God punished the innocent people on account of the pollution of the sanctuary, how much heavier a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 18:8

Verse 8 8.And the Lord spake unto Aaron. He now proceeds to state more fully what he had been lately adverting to, as to the rights of the priests with respect to the sacred oblations. We must, however, remember the contrast, which I spoke of, between the priests of the higher order and the Levites; for, whilst the family of Aaron is invested with peculiar honors, the other families of the tribe of Levi are abased. God, then, assigns to the priests alone all the offerings, in which was the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 18:9

Verse 9 9.This shall be thine. He enumerates certain kinds of sacrifices which He desired to come to the share of the priests; viz., all the residue of the burnt-offerings; secondly, the minha, or meat-offering; thirdly, what was consecrated of the sin and trespass-offerings; although the following clause, “which they shall restore unto me,” seems to be added by way of restriction, as if it only designated those sacrifices of which mention will be elsewhere made, (209) and by which they purged... read more

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