Tarumah: The Priest’s Portion

Tarumah: The Priest’s Portion

Tarumah: The Priest’s Portion The Purpose of Giving The târumah or the priest’s portion, with the portion of the Levites, is explained in Ezekiel 48:8. The târumah already referred to in Ezekiel 45:1-5 is described with more detail. The târumah land for the priests...
TARUMAH: THE BETTER CONTRIBUTION

TARUMAH: THE BETTER CONTRIBUTION

TARUMAH: THE BETTER CONTRIBUTION Tarumah is translated as a “better contribution”. Tarumah came from the root word hērīm, which means to lift or take off. It denotes how something is “taken off ” from a larger mass and separated for a sacred purpose.4 It’s not a...