Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 5:9
And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
9. every heave-offering] every contribution. The Heb. termh is derived from a root signifying ‘to lift up, or off,’ and denotes that which is lifted off from a larger mass, and separated or contributed for sacred purposes. LXX. in the Pentateuch renders it by . It is used of gifts taken from the produce of the earth (Num 15:19-21 (P ), Deu 12:6; Deu 12:11), of money, spoils, &c. dedicated to Jehovah (Num 31:19; Num 31:41; Num 31:52), of the Levites’ tithe (Num 18:24), of the priests’ share of the tithe (Num 18:26-29), of materials for the Tabernacle (Exo 25:2 f., Num 35:5; Num 35:21; Num 35:24) and for the second temple (Ezr 8:25), of the half shekel for defraying the expenses of the Tabernacle services (Exo 30:13 ff.), and even of land reserved for the priests and Levites (Eze 45:1; Eze 45:6, &c.). As applied to animal sacrifices, the term is employed only of the shoulder of the peace-offering (Num 6:20, Exo 29:27, Lev 7:34; Lev 10:14 f.). See Driver’s article ‘Offer’ in Hastings’ DB. iii. 588.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Heb. every heave offering, the heave-offering being here taken largely, so as to comprehend also the wave-offering for both of these were Aarons portion. See Exo 29:26-28.
Unto the priest to wit, to offer unto the Lord by his hands.
Shall be his, i.e. the priests. See Lev 6:16.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
9, 10. every offering . . . shall behisWhatever was given in this way, or otherwise, as byfreewill offerings, irrevocably belonged to the priest.
Nu5:11-31. THE TRIALOF JEALOUSY.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel,…. Of the holy sacrifices brought by them to be offered up; that part of them which is elevated, heaved, or waved, as the heave shoulder and wave breast:
which they bring unto the priest, shall be his; what they bring to him to offer for them shall be his who performs the service, even that part of them which is his due.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
9. And every offering. Thus far I have brought together the passages, in which Moses treats of the office of the priests, and have briefly expounded them, I will now begin to treat of their rights, i.e., of the honor which God invested them with, that He might have them ready and cheerful in their obedience. Here, however, Moses lightly touches upon what he more fully sets forth in other passages, as we shall presently see, viz., He assigns to the priests all the holy oblations, the various kinds of which He afterwards enumerates. Now, there were three principal grounds for this law; — First, Lest what had been already dedicated to God should be profaned by its promiscuous use; for, that the sacrifices might retain their proper dignity, it was necessary to distinguish the sacred from ordinary meats. Secondly, A vainglorious excess in respect to the ceremonies was restrained; for if after the victims were killed all the flesh had been returned to the owners, a desire of ostentation (207) would have grown up amongst foolish men, the rich would have come emulously to gain applause, and when they had feasted magnificently, they would have exposed the rest for sale. Thus would they have abused their false pretense of worshipping God to the acquirement of favor towards themselves. The third ground is that which Paul touches upon, viz., that it is just that the ministers of the altar should live by the altar, (1Co 9:13😉 for though it is an unworthy thing that the servants of God should be attracted by their hire, yet was God unwilling that the priests, when they had freely bestowed their labor on the worship of the sanctuary, should suffer from hunger, lest their alacrity might thus be repressed. For if they desired to execute their office properly, it was necessary that they should attend altogether to spiritual things, and abandon the care of their domestic affairs. If any should object that these were incentives to avarice, and that an excellent and profitable calling was set before the priests, the reply is easy: whatever came to their share, since it was restricted to their own eating, could not have been excessive in quantity; for they were not allowed to sell any, nor even to give it away to others, as we have already seen, and as will hereafter be repeated. Thus then the foul dishonesty of those, who taunt Moses as if he had enriched the priests by the spoils of the people, is abundantly reftired; for if there were any whose interests he would have desired to consult, surely his own sons would have been preferred to all; yet to them there is no reference here. Nay, whatever he grants to the priests, he takes away from his own sons and their posterity; as if he purposely deprived them of advantages which were not otherwise unlawful. In a word, the dignity of holy things was alone consulted, without any endeavor being made to enrich the priests.
(207) “ C’estoit pour inciter les gens a une fole convoitise de se monstrer, et faire leurs parades :” it would have incited men to a foolish ambition for ostentation and parade. — Fr.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
9. And every offering Terumah. The original, according to Furst, signifies “any oblation, that is, a gift taken from a whole which one brings to God or to the priest.” It is supposed to have special reference here to the heave shoulder and the wave breast, the perquisites of the priestly office. Lev 10:12-15. The Greek version has , firstfruits. We group together all the sources of revenue to the priests before their settlement in Canaan. 1.) One per cent. of the produce of the soil, which was one tenth of the tithes paid to the Levites. Num 18:26 to Num 28:2.) A special tithe every third year. Deu 14:28; Deu 26:12. 3.) The five shekels for the redemption of each firstborn. Num 18:16. 4.) The redemption of persons or things especially vowed to Jehovah. Lev 27:5.) A five hundredth part of half the spoils of war.
Num 31:27; Num 28:6.) The show bread, the flesh of the sin offerings, peace offerings, trespass offerings, especially the heave shoulder and the wave breast. 7.) An undefined amount of the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil.
Shall be his That is, the priest’s who ministers at the time. Thus Keil renders the tenth verse, “With regard to every man’s holy gifts, to him (the priest) shall they be; what any man gives to the priest shall belong to him.” Professor Bush interprets to him to signify the man who brings the gifts.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Num 5:9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
Ver. 9. And every offering. ] So liberally doth the Lord provide for his priests. See Trapp on “ Lev 27:30 “ And is not the right of livelihood as equal and due to the ministers of the gospel, whose ministry is far more glorious, 2Co 3:8-9 even greater than that of John Baptist? Mat 11:11
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
offering = heave offering. Hebrew. terumah. See App-43, and note on Exo 29:27.
holy = separated. See note on Exo 3:5.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
offering: or, heave offering, Num 18:8, Num 18:9, Num 18:19, Exo 29:28, Lev 6:17, Lev 6:18, Lev 6:26, Lev 7:6-14, Lev 10:13, Lev 22:2, Lev 22:3, Deu 18:3, Deu 18:4, Eze 44:29, Eze 44:30, Mal 3:8-10, 1Co 9:7-13
Reciprocal: Deu 12:26 – holy 1Sa 2:28 – did I give 1Co 9:13 – they
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
5:9 And every offering of all the {d} holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
(d) Or, things offered to the Lord, as first fruits, etc.