8 Then the Lord spoke to Aaron , "Now behold , I Myself have given you charge of My offerings , even all the holy gifts of the sons of Israel I have given them to you as a portion and to your sons as a perpetual allotment . 9 "This shall be yours from the most holy gifts reserved from the fire ; every offering of theirs, even every grain offering and every sin offering and every guilt offering , which they shall render to Me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons . 10 "As the most holy gifts you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you. 11 "This also is yours, the offering of their gift , even all the wave offerings of the sons of Israel ; I have given them to you and to your sons and daughters with you as a perpetual allotment . Everyone of your household who is clean may eat it. 12 " All the best of the fresh oil and all the best of the fresh wine and of the grain , the first fruits of those which they give to the Lord , I give them to you. 13 " The first ripe fruits of all that is in their land , which they bring to the Lord , shall be yours; everyone of your household who is clean may eat it. 14 " Every devoted thing in Israel shall be yours.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 18:8-14
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.