Numbers 18:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

All the best... — Hebrew, all the fat, as in Genesis 45:18.

The firstfruits of them... — The quantity is not defined. St. Jerome, in his Commentary on Ezekiel 45, mentions the fortieth part as a liberal contribution, and the sixtieth as a scanty one, according to Jewish tradition.

Numbers 18:12

12 All the besta of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee.