Commentary for Numbers 18:11
וְזֶה־לְּךָ֞ תְּרוּמַ֣ת מַתָּנָ֗ם לְכָל־תְּנוּפֹת֮ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ לְךָ֣ נְתַתִּ֗ים וּלְבָנֶ֧יךָ וְלִבְנֹתֶ֛יךָ אִתְּךָ֖ לְחָק־עוֹלָ֑ם כָּל־טָה֥וֹר בְּבֵיתְךָ֖ יֹאכַ֥ל אֹתֽוֹ׃
And this is thine: the heave-offering of their gift, even all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel; I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, as a due for ever; every one that is clean in thy house may eat thereof.
Rashi on Numbers
תרומת מתנם [AND THIS IS THINE:] THE HEAVE OFFERING OF THEIR GIFTS (i.e. of offerings given of their free will) — that which is set apart from the thanksgiving offering (cf. Leviticus 7:34), and from the festival offerings and from the ram of the Nazarite (Numbers 6:17).
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Sforno on Numbers
תרומת מתנם, what the owners of the animals in question give to the priests from the קדשים קלים, the offerings with a relatively lower level of sanctity, i.e. offerings in which the owners themselves have a share.
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Siftei Chakhamim
Which was set aside from the thanksgiving-offering. This refers to the breast, the thigh and one of the ten loaves that come with it. You might ask: What is Rashi’s source? Perhaps “terumah-gift” here refers to the gifts from produce. Therefore Rashi comments that afterwards it is written “of all the wave- offerings — since these require waving” such as the thanksgiving-offering, [the peace-offering] …
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