Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 18:13
[And] whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat [of] it.
13. The firstripe fruits which they bring unto Jehovah ] The latter clause shews that only a part of the firstfruits was offered; but the proportions, as in the case of the rshth, are not stated. For a full discussion of the subject reference may be made to Gray, Numbers, pp. 224 9.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
i.e. Not only the first-fruits of the oil, and wine, and wheat now mentioned, but all other first-fruits of all other grains, and all fruit-trees, &c.
Every one that is clean; and none else, because these were first offered to God, and by consequent given to the priests; but for those which were directly and immediately given to the priests, the clean and unclean might eat of them.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
[And] whatsoever is first ripe in the land,…. Of any other sort of fruit, figs, pomegranates, apples, plums, pears, c. besides olives and vines
which they shall bring unto the Lord, shall be thine; which they shall bring in a basket to the tabernacle, where it was, or to the temple, when built: this the priests were to have, see De 26:2;
everyone that is clean in thine house shall eat of it;
[See comments on Nu 18:11].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Num 18:13
Ver. 13. And whatsoever is first ripe. ] See what an honourable maintenance, and liberal entertainment God himself assigneth to the Levitical priesthood. And shall the ministers of the gospel be held to hard allowance? Gal 6:6 1Co 9:7 ; 1Co 9:9 Ad tenuitatem beneficiorum necessario sequitur ignorantia sacerdotum. a
a Panormit.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the = their.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
whatsoever: Exo 22:29, Jer 24:2, Hos 9:10, Mic 7:1
every one: Num 18:11
Reciprocal: Exo 23:19 – first of the Lev 19:24 – all the Deu 26:2 – That thou shalt Neh 10:37 – the firstfruits
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Num 18:13. Whatsoever is first ripe Not only the first-fruits of the oil, and wine, and wheat, now mentioned, but all other first-fruits of all other grains, and all fruit-trees. Every one that is clean And none else, because these fruits were first offered to God, and by consequence given to the priests; but for those which were immediately given to the priests, the clean and unclean might eat of them.