^18:8The Lord spoke to Aaron, “See, I have given you the responsibility for my raised offerings; I have given all the holy things of the Israelites to you as your priestly portion¹¹ and to your sons as a perpetual ordinance. ^18:9Of all the most holy offerings reserved¹² from the fire this will be yours: Every offering of theirs, whether from every grain offering or from every purification offering or from every reparation offering which they bring to me, will be most holy for you and for your sons. ^18:10You are to eat it as a most holy offering; every male may eat it. It will be holy to you.

^18:11“And this is yours: the raised offering of their gift, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given them to you and to your sons and daughters with you as a perpetual ordinance. Everyone who is ceremonially clean in your household may eat of it.

^18:12“All the best of the olive oil and all the best of the wine and of the wheat, the first fruits of these things that they give to the Lord, I have given to you.¹³^18:13And whatever first ripe fruit in their land they bring to the Lord will be yours; everyone who is ceremonially clean in your household may eat of it.

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Footnotes

11 This is an uncommon root. It may be connected to the word “anoint” as here (see ). But it may also be seen as an intended parallel to “perpetual due” (see Gen 47:22; Exod 29:28; Lev 6:11 []).
12 Heb “from the fire.” It probably refers to those parts that were not burned.
13 This form may be classified as a perfect of resolve—he has decided to give them to them, even though this is a listing of what they will receive.