19 Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the Lord.
19 and you eat the food of the land, present a portion as an offering to the Lord.
19 and when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall present a contribution to the Lord.
19 and you eat the food of that country, set some aside as an offering for God.
19 then it will be, when you eat of the bread of the land, that you shall offer up a heave offering to the Lord.
19 and you eat the crops that grow there, you must set some aside as a sacred offering to the Lord .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 15:19
Commentary on Numbers 15:1-21
(Read Numbers 15:1-21)
Full instructions are given about the meat-offerings and drink-offerings. The beginning of this law is very encouraging, When ye come into the land of your habitation which I give unto you. This was a plain intimation that God would secure the promised land to their seed. It was requisite, since the sacrifices of acknowledgment were intended as the food of God's table, that there should be a constant supply of bread, oil, and wine, whatever the flesh-meat was. And the intent of this law is to direct the proportions of the meat-offering and drink-offering. Natives and strangers are placed on a level in this as in other like matters. It was a happy forewarning of the calling of the Gentiles, and of their admission into the church. If the law made so little difference between Jew and Gentile, much less would the gospel, which broke down the partition-wall, and reconciled both to God.