SEV Biblia, Chapter 18:12
De aceite, de mosto, y de trigo, todo lo más escogido, las primicias de ello, que presentarán al SEÑOR, a ti las he dado.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 12. All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat , etc.] Or the “fat” of them; the fat of anything being the best, (see 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 “ Exodus 22:29”); compare with this ( Ezekiel 45:13).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 8-19 - All believers are spiritual priests, and God has promised to take car of them. Godliness has the promise of the life that now is. And from the provision here made for the priests, the apostle shows that it is the duty of christian churches to maintain their ministers. Scandalou maintenance makes scandalous ministers. The priests were to be wholl devoted to their ministry, not diverted from it, or disturbed in it, by worldly care or business. Also, that they might be examples of livin by faith, not only in God's providence, but in his ordinances. The bes should be offered for the first-fruits unto the Lord. Those who thin to save, by putting God off with the refuse, deceive themselves, for God is not mocked.
Original Hebrew
כל 3605 חלב 2459 יצהר 3323 וכל 3605 חלב 2459 תירושׁ 8492 ודגן 1715 ראשׁיתם 7225 אשׁר 834 יתנו 5414 ליהוה 3068 לך נתתים׃ 5414
