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Attributed commentary excerpt

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 18:19

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Commentary on the Old Testament
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · 19th-century historical commentary
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"All the holy heave-offerings" are not the thank-offerings (Knobel), but, as in Num 18:8, all the holy gifts enumerated in Num 18:9-18. Jehovah gives these to the priests as an eternal claim. "An eternal covenant of salt is this before Jehovah," for Aaron and his descendants. A "covenant of salt;" equivalent to an indissoluble covenant, or inviolable contract (see at Lev 2:13). Numbers 18:20
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