Verse 12
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat ,.... Or the "fat" F9 חלב "pinguedinem", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.; 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 See Gill on Exodus 22:29 ; compare with this Ezekiel 45:13 .
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