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Num. 18:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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All the γbest
cheleb (Hebrew #2459)
from an unused root meaning to be fat; fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
KJV usage: X best, fat(-ness), X finest, grease, marrow.
Pronounce: kheh'-leb
Origin: or cheleb {khay'-leb}
of the oil
yitshar (Hebrew #3323)
oil (as producing light); figuratively, anointing
KJV usage: + anointed oil.
Pronounce: yits-hawr'
Origin: from 6671
, and all the best
cheleb (Hebrew #2459)
from an unused root meaning to be fat; fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
KJV usage: X best, fat(-ness), X finest, grease, marrow.
Pronounce: kheh'-leb
Origin: or cheleb {khay'-leb}
of the wine
tiyrowsh (Hebrew #8492)
from 3423 in the sense of expulsion; must or fresh grape-juice (as just squeezed out); by implication (rarely) fermented wine
KJV usage: (new, sweet) wine.
Pronounce: tee-roshe'
Origin: or tiyrosh {tee-roshe'}
, and of the wheat
dagan (Hebrew #1715)
properly, increase, i.e. grain
KJV usage: corn ((floor)), wheat.
Pronounce: daw-gawn'
Origin: from 1711
, the firstfruits
re'shiyth (Hebrew #7225)
the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
KJV usage: beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.
Pronounce: ray-sheeth'
Origin: from the same as 7218
y of them which they shall offer
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
unto the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, them have I given
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
thee.
γ
fat.
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Ex. 23:19• 19{i}The first of the first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.{/i} (Ex. 23:19)
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Deut. 18:4• 4The firstfruit of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep shalt thou give him. (Deut. 18:4)
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Neh. 10:35‑36• 35{i}and to bring the firstfruits of our land, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year to the house of Jehovah,{/i}
 36{i}and the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as it is written in the law; and to bring the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks to the house of our God, to the priests that minister in the house of our God;{/i} (Neh. 10:35‑36)

More on:

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First-Fruits,
Offering; Offering Up,
Oil,
Wheat,
Wine

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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best of the oil.
Heb. fat.
Num. 18:29• 29{i}Out of all that is given you ye shall offer the whole heave-offering of Jehovah, —of all the best thereof the hallowed part thereof.{/i} (Num. 18:29)
the first-fruits.
Num. 15:19‑21• 19{i}then it shall be, when ye eat of the bread of the land, that ye shall offer a heave-offering to Jehovah;{/i}
 20{i}the first of your dough shall ye offer, a cake, for a heave-offering; as the heave-offering of the threshing-floor, so shall ye offer this.{/i}
 21{i}Of the first of your dough ye shall give to Jehovah a heave-offering throughout your generations{/i}. (Num. 15:19‑21)
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Ex. 22:29• 29{i}—Thou shalt not delay the fullness of thy threshing-floor and the outflow of thy winepress. The firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.{/i} (Ex. 22:29)
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Ex. 23:19• 19{i}The first of the first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.{/i} (Ex. 23:19)
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Ex. 34:26• 26{i}—The first of the first-fruits of thy land shalt thou bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.{/i} (Ex. 34:26)
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Lev. 2:14• 14And if thou offer an oblation of firstfruits to Jehovah, thou shalt offer for thine oblation of thy firstfruits green ears of corn parched with fire, corn beaten out of full ear. (Lev. 2:14)
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Lev. 23:17,20• 17{i}Out of your dwellings shall ye bring two wave-loaves, of two tenths of fine flour; with leaven shall they be baken; as first-fruits to Jehovah.{/i}
 20And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave-offering before the Lord, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to Jehovah for the priest. (Lev. 23:17,20)
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Deut. 18:4• 4The firstfruit of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep shalt thou give him. (Deut. 18:4)
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Deut. 26:2• 2that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose to place his name there. (Deut. 26:2)
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Neh. 10:35‑37• 35{i}and to bring the firstfruits of our land, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year to the house of Jehovah,{/i}
 36{i}and the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as it is written in the law; and to bring the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks to the house of our God, to the priests that minister in the house of our God;{/i}
 37{i}and that we should bring the firstfruits of our coarse meal and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, new wine and oil, to the priests, into the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithes of our ground to the Levites, that they, the Levites, should take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.{/i} (Neh. 10:35‑37)
• Do not our souls enjoy those firstfruits, the best of the new wine and the wheat-the firstfruits of that noble harvest of God, the produce of His seed on the soil of His election? Yes, we enjoy them in thinking of them. But the sin offering, the trespass offerings, the meat offerings, all that in which we share in spirit in the deep work of Christ, is only eaten in the character and the spirit of a priest. (“Numbers 17-18” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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All the bestb of the oil, and all the bestb of the new wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they give to Jehovah, have I given thee.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "fat." so vers. 29,30,32.

W. Kelly Translation

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All the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they give to Jehovah, have I given thee.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)