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 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