14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
14 "Everything in Israel that is devoted
14 Every devoted thing in Israel shall be yours.
14 "You get every Totally-Devoted gift.
14 Every devoted thing in Israel shall be yours.
14 "Everything in Israel that is specially set apart for the Lord also belongs to you.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 18:14
Commentary on Numbers 18:8-19
(Read Numbers 18:8-19)
All believers are spiritual priests, and God has promised to take care 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. Scandalous maintenance makes scandalous ministers. The priests were to be wholly devoted to their ministry, not diverted from it, or disturbed in it, by worldly care or business. Also, that they might be examples of living by faith, not only in God's providence, but in his ordinances. The best should be offered for the first-fruits unto the Lord. Those who think to save, by putting God off with the refuse, deceive themselves, for God is not mocked.