Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 18:14
Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
14. Every thing devoted ] Heb. rem. An object placed under a rem or ban was wholly given up to God and could not be redeemed. Gold and silver or other valuable articles might be captured in war, and similarly animals and human beings. The last are obviously excluded in the present regulation. Possibly the regulation is confined to such objects as were ‘devoted’ voluntarily by private individuals.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Dedicated to God by vow or otherwise, provided it be such a thing as might be catch or consumed by use; for the vessels or treasures of gold and silver which were devoted or dedicated by Joshua, David, or others, were not the priests but were appropriated to the uses of the temple.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
14. Every thing devoted in Israelshall be thineprovided it was adapted for food or consumableby use; for the gold and silver vessels that were dedicated as thespoils of victory were not given to the priests, but for the use andadornment of the sacred edifice.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. Fields, houses, cattle, c. if absolutely devoted to the Lord, they were the priest’s but if devoted to certain uses, they were appropriated to those uses, as the repairs of the temple, &c. see Le 27:1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(14) Every thing devoted . . . See Lev. 27:21-28.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
14. Every thing devoted Hebrews, cherem. See Lev 27:28, note.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Num 18:14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
Ver. 14. Every thing devoted. ] Unless devoted to some particular use. Lev 27:28-29
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Every thing. See Lev 27:28.
devoted. See note on Lev 27:1.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Lev 27:28, Eze 44:29, *marg.
Reciprocal: Lev 27:6 – from Lev 27:14 – sanctify Lev 27:21 – priest’s
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Num 18:14-15. Every devoted thing Dedicated to God by vow or otherwise, provided it be such a thing as might be eaten: for the vessels or treasures of gold and silver which were dedicated by Joshua, David, or others, were not the priests, but appropriated to the use of the temple. Whether it be of men Which were offered to God in his temple, and to his service and disposal.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Everything placed under the ban (Num 18:14), and the first-born of man and beast that the people redeemed or offered (Num 18:15-18), were "holy" offerings (Num 18:10; Num 18:19). The "everlasting covenant of salt" (Num 18:19) was an indestructible covenant similar to salt (cf. 2Ch 13:5). The ancients used salt in the ritual of making some covenants in the Near East.
"At a meal in which a covenant between two parties was sealed, people in ancient times occasionally used salt to signify the incorruptible, firm, and lasting quality of the agreement." [Note: Maarsingh, p. 65.]
"The meaning appears to have been that the salt, with its power to strengthen food and keep it from decay, symbolized the unbending truthfulness of that self-surrender to the Lord embodied in the sacrifice, by which all impurity and hypocrisy were repelled." [Note: Unger’s Bible Dictionary, 1957 ed., s.v. "Covenant of Salt."]
God gave the priests five gifts: their office, a spirit of responsibility, helpers, every provision for earthly needs, and Himself. [Note: Jensen, pp. 78-79.]