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It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the LORD for both you and your offspring.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/numbers/18.htm">New Living Translation</a> Yes, I am giving you all these holy offerings that the people of Israel bring to the LORD. They are for you and your sons and daughters, to be eaten as your permanent share. This is an eternal and unbreakable covenant between the LORD and you, and it also applies to your descendants.” <a href="/esv/numbers/18.htm">English Standard Version</a> All the holy contributions that the people of Israel present to the LORD I give to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual due. It is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD for you and for your offspring with you.” <a href="/bsb/numbers/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.” <a href="/kjv/numbers/18.htm">King James Bible</a> All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee. <a href="/nkjv/numbers/18.htm">New King James Version</a> “All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, I have given to you and your sons and daughters with you as an ordinance forever; it is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD with you and your descendants with you.” <a href="/nasb_/numbers/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> All the offerings of the holy gifts, which the sons of Israel offer to the LORD, I have given to you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a permanent allotment. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD to you and your descendants with you.” <a href="/nasb/numbers/18.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220All the offerings of the holy gifts, which the sons of Israel offer to the LORD, I have given to you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a perpetual allotment. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the LORD to you and your descendants with you.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/numbers/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “All the offerings of the holy gifts, which the sons of Israel offer to the LORD, I have given to you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a perpetual allotment. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the LORD to you and your descendants with you.” <a href="/lsb/numbers/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> All the contributions of the holy gifts, which the sons of Israel raise up to Yahweh, I have given to you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a perpetual statute. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before Yahweh to you and your seed with you.” <a href="/amp/numbers/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a> All the offerings of the holy things, which the Israelites offer to the LORD I have given to you and to your sons and your daughters with you as a continual allotment. It is an everlasting covenant of salt [that cannot be dissolved or violated] before the LORD to you and to your descendants with you.” <a href="/csb/numbers/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “I give to you and to your sons and daughters all the holy contributions that the Israelites present to the LORD as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you as well as your offspring.” <a href="/hcsb/numbers/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I give to you and to your sons and daughters all the holy contributions that the Israelites present to the LORD as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you as well as your offspring.&#8221 <a href="/asv/numbers/18.htm">American Standard Version</a> All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto Jehovah, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as a portion for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before Jehovah unto thee and to thy seed with thee. <a href="/cev/numbers/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> From now on, the sacred offerings that the Israelites give to me will belong to you, your sons, and your daughters. This is my promise to you and your descendants, and it will never change. <a href="/erv/numbers/18.htm">English Revised Version</a> All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as a due for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee. <a href="/gwt/numbers/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I am giving you, your sons, and your daughters all the holy contributions the Israelites bring to the LORD. These contributions will always be yours. It is an everlasting promise of salt in the LORD's presence for you and your descendants." <a href="/gnt/numbers/18.htm">Good News Translation</a> "I am giving to you, to your sons, and to your daughters, for all time to come, all the special contributions which the Israelites present to me. This is an unbreakable covenant that I have made with you and your descendants." <a href="/isv/numbers/18.htm">International Standard Version</a> I'm giving you, your sons, and your daughters as a prescribed portion forever all the raised offerings of the consecrated things that the Israelis offer to the LORD. It's a salt covenant forever before the LORD with you and your descendants with you." <a href="/msb/numbers/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.? <a href="/net/numbers/18.htm">NET Bible</a> All the raised offerings of the holy things that the Israelites offer to the LORD, I have given to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual ordinance. It is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD for you and for your descendants with you." <a href="/nheb/numbers/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> All the wave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever: it is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD to you and to your descendants with you." <a href="/wbt/numbers/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, have I given to thee, and to thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD to thee and to thy seed with thee. <a href="/web/numbers/18.htm">World English Bible</a> All the wave offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel offer to Yahweh, I have given you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever. It is a covenant of salt forever before Yahweh to you and to your offspring with you.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/numbers/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> All the raised-offerings of the holy things, which the sons of Israel lift up to YHWH, I have given to you, and to your sons, and to your daughters with you, by a continuous statute—a covenant of salt; it [is] continuous before YHWH to you and to your seed with you.” <a href="/ylt/numbers/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> all the heave-offerings of the holy things which the sons of Israel lift up to Jehovah I have given to thee and to thy sons, and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute age-during, a covenant of salt, age-during it is before Jehovah, to thee and to thy seed with thee.' <a href="/slt/numbers/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> All the offerings of the holy things which the sons of Israel shall lift up to Jehovah, I gave to thee, and to thy sons, and to thy daughters with thee, for a law forever: it a covenant of salt forever before Jehovah to thee, and to thy seed with thee.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/numbers/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> All the firstfruits of the sanctuary which the children of Israel offer to the Lord, I have given to thee and to thy sons and daughters, by a perpetual ordinance. It is a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord, to thee and to thy sons. <a href="/cpdv/numbers/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> All the first-fruits of the Sanctuary, which the sons of Israel offer to the Lord, I have given to you and to your sons as well as to your daughters, as a perpetual right. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the Lord, for you and for your sons.” <a href="/nabre/numbers/18.htm">New American Bible</a> As a perpetual due I assign to you and to your sons and daughters with you all the contributions of holy things which the Israelites set aside for the LORD; this is a covenant of salt to last forever before the LORD, for you and for your descendants with you. <a href="/nrsvce/numbers/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I have given to you, together with your sons and daughters, as a perpetual due; it is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD for you and your descendants as well.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/numbers/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> All the gift offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel offer to the LORD have I given to you and to your sons and your daughters with you, by a statute for ever; it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD to you and to your descendants with you. <a href="/hpbt/numbers/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Every dedication of holiness that the children of Israel dedicate to LORD JEHOVAH I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you, the law to eternity; it is an eternal covenant of salt before LORD JEHOVAH, for you and for your seed with you.”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/numbers/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as a due for ever; it is an everlasting covenant of salt before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.' <a href="/sep/numbers/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Every special offering of the holy things, whatsoever the children of Israel shall specially offer to the Lord, I have given to thee and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, a perpetual ordinance: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord, for thee and thy seed after thee. <a href="/parallel/numbers/18-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=5830" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/numbers/18.htm">Offerings for Priests and Levites</a> …18And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you. 19<a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kōl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">All</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: haq·qo·ḏā·šîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">the holy</a> <a href="/hebrew/8641.htm" title="8641: tə·rū·mōṯ (N-fpc) -- Contribution, offering (for sacred uses). Or trumah; from ruwm; a present, especially in sacrifice or as tribute.">offerings</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.)."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">the Israelites</a> <a href="/hebrew/7311.htm" title="7311: yā·rî·mū (V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp) -- To be high or exalted, rise. A primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise.">present</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯat·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I give</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">to you</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ū·lə·ḇā·ne·ḵā (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">and to your sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: wə·liḇ·nō·ṯe·ḵā (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-fpc:: 2ms) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">and daughters</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’it·tə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">as a permanent</a> <a href="/hebrew/2706.htm" title="2706: lə·ḥāq- (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Something prescribed or owed, a statute. From chaqaq; an enactment; hence, an appointment.">statute.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">It</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">is a permanent</a> <a href="/hebrew/1285.htm" title="1285: bə·rîṯ (N-fsc) -- A covenant. From barah (like bara'); a compact.">covenant</a> <a href="/hebrew/4417.htm" title="4417: me·laḥ (N-msc) -- Salt. From malach; properly, powder, i.e. salt">of salt</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">for you</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: ū·lə·zar·‘ă·ḵā (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">and your offspring.”</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’it·tāḵ (Prep:: 2ms) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc."></a> 20Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/2-13.htm">Leviticus 2:13</a> And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings. <a href="/leviticus/7-34.htm">Leviticus 7:34-36</a> I have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a permanent portion from the sons of Israel.’” / This is the portion of the food offerings to the LORD for Aaron and his sons since the day they were presented to serve the LORD as priests. / On the day they were anointed, the LORD commanded that this be given them by the sons of Israel. It is a permanent portion for the generations to come. <a href="/leviticus/10-14.htm">Leviticus 10:14-15</a> And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the peace offerings of the sons of Israel. / They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the food offerings, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.” <a href="/deuteronomy/18-3.htm">Deuteronomy 18:3-5</a> This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach. / You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock. / For the LORD your God has chosen Levi and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in His name for all time. <a href="/exodus/29-28.htm">Exodus 29:28</a> This will belong to Aaron and his sons as a regular portion from the Israelites, for it is the heave offering the Israelites will make to the LORD from their peace offerings. <a href="/2_chronicles/31-4.htm">2 Chronicles 31:4</a> Moreover, he commanded the people living in Jerusalem to make a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD. <a href="/nehemiah/10-37.htm">Nehemiah 10:37-39</a> Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor. / A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God. / For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.” <a href="/malachi/3-8.htm">Malachi 3:8-10</a> Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings. / You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me. / Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure. <a href="/hebrews/7-5.htm">Hebrews 7:5</a> Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham. <a href="/hebrews/7-9.htm">Hebrews 7:9-10</a> And so to speak, Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham. / For when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the loin of his ancestor. <a href="/1_corinthians/9-13.htm">1 Corinthians 9:13-14</a> Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings? / In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel. <a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. <a href="/luke/11-42.htm">Luke 11:42</a> Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former. <a href="/romans/15-27.htm">Romans 15:27</a> They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings. <a href="/galatians/6-6.htm">Galatians 6:6</a> Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD to you and to your seed with you.the heave<a href="/numbers/18-8.htm">Numbers 18:8,11</a> And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever… <a href="/numbers/15-19.htm">Numbers 15:19-21</a> Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD… <a href="/numbers/31-29.htm">Numbers 31:29,41</a> Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD… it is a<a href="/leviticus/2-13.htm">Leviticus 2:13</a> And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.<a href="/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">2 Chronicles 13:5</a> Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/18-8.htm">Allotment</a> <a href="/numbers/18-11.htm">Children</a> <a href="/numbers/14-44.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/numbers/18-11.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/numbers/16-40.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/numbers/18-11.htm">Due</a> <a href="/numbers/15-15.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/numbers/18-11.htm">Heave</a> <a href="/numbers/18-8.htm">Heave-Offerings</a> <a href="/numbers/18-17.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/numbers/18-14.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/18-17.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/numbers/18-11.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/numbers/13-33.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/numbers/18-11.htm">Perpetual</a> <a href="/numbers/18-11.htm">Portion</a> <a href="/numbers/16-16.htm">Present</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-13.htm">Salt</a> <a href="/numbers/16-40.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/numbers/18-11.htm">Statute</a> <a href="/numbers/18-18.htm">Wave</a> <a href="/numbers/18-13.htm">Whatever</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/12-12.htm">Allotment</a> <a href="/numbers/18-20.htm">Children</a> <a href="/numbers/25-12.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/numbers/21-29.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/numbers/25-13.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/numbers/18-29.htm">Due</a> <a href="/numbers/18-23.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/numbers/18-24.htm">Heave</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Heave-Offerings</a> <a href="/numbers/18-29.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/numbers/18-20.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/18-24.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/numbers/18-32.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-4.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/numbers/18-23.htm">Perpetual</a> <a href="/numbers/18-20.htm">Portion</a> <a href="/numbers/18-24.htm">Present</a> <a href="/numbers/34-3.htm">Salt</a> <a href="/numbers/20-5.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/numbers/18-23.htm">Statute</a> <a href="/numbers/18-24.htm">Wave</a> <a href="/numbers/19-22.htm">Whatever</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 18</div>1. <a href="/numbers/18-1.htm">The charge of the priests and Levites</a> 8. <a href="/numbers/18-8.htm">The priests, portion</a> 21. <a href="/numbers/18-21.htm">The Levites,</a> 25. <a href="/numbers/18-25.htm">The heave offering to the priests out of the Levites' portion</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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These offerings included burnt offerings, grain offerings, peace offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings, among others. The concept of "holy offerings" underscores the idea that these gifts were set apart for God, emphasizing His holiness and the need for the Israelites to approach Him with reverence. The offerings were a means of maintaining the covenant relationship between God and His people, as well as a way to atone for sin and express gratitude.I give to you and to your sons and daughters This part of the verse is directed towards Aaron and his descendants, the Levitical priesthood. God is establishing a provision for the priests, who were responsible for the spiritual leadership and sacrificial system of Israel. By granting them a portion of the offerings, God ensures that the priests and their families are provided for, as they had no inheritance of land like the other tribes. This provision highlights the importance of the priestly role and the community's responsibility to support those who serve in spiritual capacities.as a permanent statute The term "permanent statute" indicates that this provision for the priests was to be an ongoing and unchanging ordinance. It underscores the enduring nature of God's covenant with the Levitical priesthood and the perpetual need for spiritual leadership and mediation between God and His people. This concept of permanence is significant in the biblical narrative, as it points to the unchanging nature of God's promises and His faithfulness to His covenant.It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD The "covenant of salt" is a unique biblical expression that signifies an enduring and unbreakable agreement. In ancient Near Eastern culture, salt was a symbol of preservation and loyalty. Salt was used in covenants to represent the lasting nature of the agreement, as salt does not decay or spoil. This imagery reinforces the idea that God's covenant with the priesthood is eternal and steadfast. The use of salt in this context also connects to the broader biblical theme of God's faithfulness and the call for His people to be "the salt of the earth" (<a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">Matthew 5:13</a>), preserving and influencing the world with His truth.for you and your offspring. This final phrase emphasizes the generational aspect of the covenant. The promise and provision are not only for Aaron and his immediate family but also for his descendants. This highlights the continuity of the priestly line and the ongoing role of the Levitical priesthood in Israel's worship and spiritual life. It also points to the broader biblical theme of God's faithfulness to His promises across generations, as seen in His covenants with Abraham, David, and ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who is both the ultimate High Priest and the eternal King.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The chosen people of God, who are commanded to bring offerings to the LORD. 2. <a href="/topical/a/aaron_and_his_descendants.htm">Aaron and His Descendants</a> The priestly line to whom God gives the holy contributions as a perpetual statute. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The covenant-keeping God who establishes this statute with Aaron and his descendants. 4. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_of_salt.htm">Covenant of Salt</a> A symbolic term indicating a perpetual, unbreakable covenant. 5. <a href="/topical/h/holy_contributions.htm">Holy Contributions</a> Offerings made by the Israelites, which include various sacrifices and gifts dedicated to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_the_covenant_of_salt.htm">Understanding the Covenant of Salt</a> The covenant of salt signifies an enduring and unbreakable agreement. In ancient times, salt was a valuable preservative, symbolizing the lasting nature of God's promises. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_priests.htm">The Role of Priests</a> Aaron and his descendants were set apart to serve God and the community. This passage highlights the importance of spiritual leadership and the responsibility of those called to minister. <a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_for_his_servants.htm">God's Provision for His Servants</a> God provides for the needs of His servants through the offerings of His people. This principle encourages believers to support those in ministry. <a href="/topical/p/perpetual_statutes_and_faithfulness.htm">Perpetual Statutes and Faithfulness</a> The concept of a "permanent statute" reminds us of God's faithfulness and the call for His people to remain faithful in their commitments. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_salt_in_the_christian_life.htm">Symbolism of Salt in the Christian Life</a> Just as salt preserves and flavors, Christians are called to preserve the truth of the Gospel and bring the flavor of Christ's love to the world.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 18</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_biblical_salt_covenant.htm">What is the significance of the biblical salt covenant?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_'salt_of_the_earth'.htm">What makes someone the salt of the earth?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_be_salt_and_light_in_the_world.htm">How can you be salt and light in the world?</a> <a href="/q/leviticus_2_12-13__is_salt_consistently_required.htm">Leviticus 2:12–13: How consistent is the requirement to add salt with other scriptural instances that list different mandatory ingredients? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) It is a covenant of salt.--i.e., an indissoluble covenant. (See <a href="/leviticus/2-13.htm" title="And every oblation of your meat offering shall you season with salt; neither shall you suffer the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your meat offering: with all your offerings you shall offer salt.">Leviticus 2:13</a>, and Note; also <a href="/2_chronicles/13-5.htm" title="Ought you not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?">2Chronicles 13:5</a>.) Hence the phrases used by the Greeks to denote the breach of a covenant, "Where is the salt?" and "They overstepped the salt." (Comp. Pliny, H. N., xxxi. 41; Cic., De Div., ii. 16; Virgil, Ecl., viii. 82.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 19. - All the heave offerings of the holy things. Those, viz., enumerated from verse 9. It is a covenant of salt for ever. Septuagint, διαθήκη ἀλὸς αἰωνίου (cf. <a href="/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">2 Chronicles 13:5</a>). Salt was the natural emblem of that which is incorruptible; wherefore a binding alliance was (and still is) made by eating bread and salt together, and salt was always added to the sacrifices of the Lord (<a href="/leviticus/2-13.htm">Leviticus 2:13</a>; <a href="/mark/9-49.htm">Mark 9:49</a>). <a href="/commentaries/numbers/18-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>All כֹּ֣ל ׀ (kōl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the holy הַקֳּדָשִׁ֗ים (haq·qo·ḏā·šîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> A sacred place, thing, sanctity offerings תְּרוּמֹ֣ת (tə·rū·mōṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8641.htm">Strong's 8641: </a> Contribution, offering (for sacred uses) that אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the Israelites יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc present יָרִ֥ימוּ (yā·rî·mū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7311.htm">Strong's 7311: </a> To be high actively, to rise, raise to the LORD לַֽיהוָה֒ (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel I give נָתַ֣תִּֽי (nā·ṯat·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set to you לְךָ֗ (lə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> and to your sons וּלְבָנֶ֧יךָ (ū·lə·ḇā·ne·ḵā) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son and daughters וְלִבְנֹתֶ֛יךָ (wə·liḇ·nō·ṯe·ḵā) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> A daughter as a permanent עוֹלָ֑ם (‘ō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always statute. לְחָק־ (lə·ḥāq-) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2706.htm">Strong's 2706: </a> Something prescribed or owed, a statute It הִוא֙ (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are is a permanent עוֹלָ֥ם (‘ō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always covenant בְּרִית֩ (bə·rîṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1285.htm">Strong's 1285: </a> A covenant of salt מֶ֨לַח (me·laḥ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4417.htm">Strong's 4417: </a> Powder, salt before לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel for you and your offspring.” וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֥ (ū·lə·zar·‘ă·ḵā) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/18-19.htm">Numbers 18:19 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/numbers/18-19.htm">Numbers 18:19 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/numbers/18-19.htm">Numbers 18:19 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/numbers/18-19.htm">Numbers 18:19 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/numbers/18-19.htm">Numbers 18:19 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/18-19.htm">Numbers 18:19 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/18-19.htm">Numbers 18:19 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/18-19.htm">Numbers 18:19 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/18-19.htm">Numbers 18:19 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/numbers/18-19.htm">Numbers 18:19 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/numbers/18-19.htm">OT Law: Numbers 18:19 All the wave offerings of the holy (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/18-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 18:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 18:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/18-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 18:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 18:20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>