John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 18:12

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, etc.] Or the “fat” f244 of them; the fat of anything being the best, (see <053214> Deuteronomy 32:14); the firstfruits of them: the oil, and wine, and wheat: which they shall offer unto the Lord, them have I given thee; this Jarchi calls the great heave offering, the firstfruits of their harvest and vintage, which being offered to the Lord, was given to the priests: the quantity is not fixed, but left to the generosity of the people, and was a free gift; liberal men would give a fortieth part, those of a meaner spirit a fiftieth, and niggardly ones a sixtieth, and less than that was not given (see Gill on “<022229>Exodus 22:29”); compare with this (<264513>Ezekiel 45:13).

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