Numbers 18:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

thou. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Targum of Onkelos, and Syriac, read "but thou".

burn. burn as incense. See App-43.

sweet savour. See note on Leviticus 1:9.

Numbers 18:17

17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.