And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.
| Word | Hebrew | Strong’s | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| oblation | תְּרוּמִיָּ֛ה te.ru.mi.Yah | H8642 | a sacrificial offering · noun, common feminine singular absolute |
| land | הָאָ֖רֶץ ha.'A.retz | H776 | the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute |
| offered | מִתְּרוּמַ֥ת mi.te.ru.Mat | H8641 | a present (as offered up) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct |
| most | קֹ֣דֶשׁ Ko.desh | H6944 | a sacred place or thing · noun, common masculine singular construct |
| holy | קָדָשִׁ֑ים ka.da.Shim | H6944 | a sacred place or thing · noun, common masculine plural absolute |
| border | גְּב֖וּל ge.Vul | H1366 | properly · noun, common masculine singular construct |
| Levites | הַלְוִיִּֽם hal.vi.Yim | H3881 | a Levite or descendant of Levi · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute |
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Reuben--doomed formerly for incest and instability "not to excel" (Gen 49:4). So no distinguished prophet, priest, or king had come from it. Of it were the notorious Dathan and Abiram, the mutineers. A pastoral and Bedouin character marked it and Gad (Jdg 5:16).
The oblation - This was a portion of land twenty-five thousand cubits in length, by ten thousand broad; in the center of which was the temple, which must be destined for the use of the priests, the Levites, and the prince.
And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy,.... Be peculiarly theirs, and not converted to any other use; but be accounted most sacred, and not alienable, or made use of by other persons, or to other purposes by the border of the Levites; it should be continued, and reach unto their border; or where that should begin, and their part assigned them, which is next considered.
The holy portion was not quite at the exact center of the land; there were seven tribal strips to the north and only five to the south of it. While it was still not exactly central geographically, the spiritual center had apparently moved a significant distance north from where it used to be in Jerusalem. • The importance of the holy portion set aside for the Lord’s Temple is underlined by the detailed description of its dimensions and makeup, in contrast with the brevity of the descriptions of the tribal allocations. This special portion was devoted to God and was never to be sold or traded or used by others. It was made up of strips that ran from east to west and were allocated to the Levi…
Read the whole note in the consoleseparated [Heb. תְּרוּמִיָה,] separated. תְּרוּמָה is the noun, separation. תְּרוּמִיָה means separated. And this strip shall be separated for them, from the offering of the land, from the great separation that was separated from the land, whose length is from the ocean to the eastern border by the width of 25,000, as is stated above. From it, they shall set apart this strip, at the middle of its length, for the priests and for the Sanctuary. holy of holies for the entire great separation is holy for the priests, the Levites, the prince, the possession of the city, and those who serve the city, as he proceeds to explain. This 25,000 in length and 10,000 in width in its north which is separa…
(Verse 12) And there will be offerings from the first fruits of the land of the Holy of Holies, according to the boundary of the Levites. They shall be, he says, the first fruits from the first fruits of the earth, that is, for the priests: and those who did not go astray, when the sons of Israel and the Levites went astray. But the first crop from the first crops, like the tenth of the tithes, and the holy of holies, according to the boundary of the Levites: for indeed the Levites have the precincts of the priests, but they cannot hold the center, that is, the middle of it, and the actual possession.
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