Numbers 5:9

9. And every offering Terumah. The original, according to Furst, signifies “any oblation, that is, a gift taken from a whole which one brings to God or to the priest.” It is supposed to have special reference here to the heave shoulder and the wave breast, the perquisites of the priestly office. Leviticus 10:12-15. The Greek version has απαρχη , firstfruits. We group together all the sources of revenue to the priests before their settlement in Canaan. 1.) One per cent. of the produce of the soil, which was one tenth of the tithes paid to the Levites. Numbers 18:26 to Numbers 28:2.) A special tithe every third year. Deuteronomy 14:28; Deuteronomy 26:12. Deuteronomy 26:3.) The five shekels for the redemption of each firstborn. Numbers 18:16. Numbers 18:4.) The redemption of persons or things especially vowed to Jehovah. Leviticus 27:5.) A five hundredth part of half the spoils of war.

Numbers 31:27; Numbers 28:6.) The show bread, the flesh of the sin offerings, peace offerings, trespass offerings, especially the heave shoulder and the wave breast. 7.) An undefined amount of the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil.

Shall be his That is, the priest’s who ministers at the time. Thus Keil renders the tenth verse, “With regard to every man’s holy gifts, to him (the priest) shall they be; what any man gives to the priest shall belong to him.” Professor Bush interprets to him to signify the man who brings the gifts.