Numbers 18:8

A general statement that all the holy things of Israel are the property of the priests. This is afterwards limited by the regulations in the following verses.

the charge of my contributions] i.e. the contributions made to me. See on Numbers 18:9. If -the charge" (the ordinary rendering of the Heb. mishmereth) is correct, the expression must mean -the duty of taking care that the contributions are not profaned through being eaten by non-priestly persons." But it is better to render that which is kept of my contributions, i.e. that portion of the sacrifice which is not burnt, but reserved to be eaten. This concrete force of the word mishmerethis unique, but not impossible.

by reason of the anointing The marg. for a portion is correct. In Leviticus 7:35 a word from the same root is rendered -anointing-portion," but it is doubtful if it has any connexion with the root mâshaḥwhich signifies -anoint."