11-13 “You also get the Wave-Offerings from the People of Israel. I present them to you and your sons and daughters as a gift. This is the standing rule. Anyone in your household who is ritually clean may eat it. I also give you all the best olive oil, the best new wine, and the grain that is offered to God as the firstfruits of their harvest—all the firstfruits they offer to God are yours. Anyone in your household who is ritually clean may eat it.

14-16 “You get every Totally-Devoted gift. Every firstborn that is offered to God, whether animal or person, is yours. Except you don’t get the firstborn itself, but its redemption price; firstborn humans and ritually unclean animals are bought back and you get the redemption price. When the firstborn is a month old it must be redeemed at the redemption price of five shekels of silver, using the standard of the Sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.

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12 “I give you all the finest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain(A) they give the Lord(B) as the firstfruits of their harvest.(C) 13 All the land’s firstfruits that they bring to the Lord will be yours.(D) Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat it.(E)

14 “Everything in Israel that is devoted[a] to the Lord(F) is yours. 15 The first offspring of every womb, both human and animal, that is offered to the Lord is yours.(G) But you must redeem(H) every firstborn(I) son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.(J) 16 When they are a month old,(K) you must redeem them at the redemption price set at five shekels[b](L) of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel,(M) which weighs twenty gerahs.(N)

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 18:14 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord.
  2. Numbers 18:16 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams