Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 18:29
Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, [even] the hallowed part thereof out of it.
Out of all your gifts – The spirit of this law would extend to all the revenues of the Levites; of the increase of their cattle, as well as of their tithes, a tithe would be paid by them for the Lords service.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Out of all your gifts; not only out of your tithes, but out of the other gifts which you receive from the people, and out of those fields which shall belong to your cities.
Ye shall offer, to wit, to the priest.
Every heave-offering, i.e. as many gifts, so many heave-offerings; you shall reserve a part out of each of them for the priest.
The hallowed part thereof: this may describe either,
1. The nature and proportion of this offering, and so peradventure he means the tenth part, which was the part or proportion that God hallowed or sanctified to himself as his proper portion, both here and elsewhere; or,
2. The reason or ground of this offering, because it is a thing hallowed or appropriated by God to himself, and given by him to the priest, and because the payment of this due doth hallow all the rest, so as they may use it with comfort and good conscience, as it follows, Num 18:31,32.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the Lord,…. Not only out of their tithes, but out of whatsoever gifts were given by the Israelites to them, and out of the produce of the fields which belonged to their cities, Nu 35:4; the Levites were to take a tenth, and bring it to the Lord as an heave offering; that is, they were to give it to the priests, to testify their gratitude for everything they had, and to sanctify the rest unto them, and confirm their right and title to it, and give them the free use of it:
of all the best thereof, [even] the hallowed part thereof, out of it; which was the tenth part, for that Was holy, as Aben Ezra says, and that was to be the best of it, which was always to be given to the Lord.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
The whole of this heave-offering of Jehovah, i.e., the tithe of the tithe, they were to lift off from all their gifts, from all the tithes of the people which they received; “ of all the fat of it, ” i.e., of all the best of the heave-offering they received, they were to lift off , “ its holy, ” i.e., the holy part, which was to be dedicated to Jehovah.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
29. Out of all your gifts Every thing received from the people and every gift of Providence produced in their suburban fields was subject to the tithe.
Heave offering of the Lord That is, to the priests as Jehovah’s representatives.
All the best Literally, the fat. This implies that the tenth given shall be of as good quality as the nine tenths retained. But if one bullock out of the ten, or one sheep, was of extraordinary excellence it must be given.
The hallowed part Set apart or consecrated to a holy use.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
best: Heb. fat, Num 18:12
Reciprocal: Gen 45:18 – the fat Exo 29:28 – is an heave
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Num 18:29. Your gifts Not only out of your tithes, but out of the other gifts which you receive from the people, and out of those fields which shall belong to your cities. Offer To the priest. As many gifts, so many heave- offerings; you shall reserve a part out of each of them for the priest. The hallowed part The tenth part, which was the part or proportion that God hallowed or sanctified to himself as his proper portion.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
18:29 Out of all your {p} gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the {q} best thereof, [even] the hallowed part thereof out of it.
(p) Which you have received from the children of Israel.
(q) Read Num 18:12.