Verse 18

Consider the people of Israel. Are not those who eat the sacrifices participants in the altar?

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  • Rom 4:1 : 1 What then shall we say about Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh?
  • Rom 4:12 : 12 and to be the father of the circumcised who are not only circumcised but also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
  • Rom 9:3-8 : 3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own people according to the flesh. 4 They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. 5 To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, came Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen. 6 It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. 7 Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, 'Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.' 8 This means it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.
  • 1 Cor 9:13 : 13 Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat the food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the offerings of the altar?
  • 2 Cor 11:18-22 : 18 Since many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast. 19 For you gladly put up with fools, since you are so wise. 20 In fact, you put up with anyone who enslaves you, devours you, takes advantage of you, exalts himself, or strikes you in the face. 21 To my shame, I must admit that we were too weak for that! Yet whatever anyone else dares to boast about—I am speaking like a fool—I also dare to boast. 22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
  • Gal 6:16 : 16 May peace and mercy come upon all who follow this standard, and also upon the Israel of God.
  • Eph 2:11-12 : 11 Therefore, remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh—who are called 'the uncircumcision' by those who are called 'the circumcision,' which is done in the flesh by human hands— 12 were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
  • Phil 3:3-5 : 3 For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, glory in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the flesh. 4 Though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks they have grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 Circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
  • Lev 3:3-5 : 3 From the peace offering, he is to present a fire offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the internal organs and all the fat that is on the internal organs; 4 the two kidneys and the fat on them, which is by the flanks, and the lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys. 5 Aaron's sons are to burn them on the altar, on top of the burnt offering that is over the burning wood. It is a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
  • Lev 3:11 : 11 The priest shall burn them on the altar as food, a fire offering to the LORD.
  • Lev 7:6 : 6 Every male among the priests may eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
  • Lev 7:11-17 : 11 These are the instructions for the peace offerings that are presented to the Lord. 12 If it is offered as an act of thanksgiving, it shall be accompanied by unleavened bread mixed with oil, unleavened wafers spread with oil, and loaves of fine flour well-kneaded and mixed with oil. 13 With the peace offering of thanksgiving, leavened bread shall also be offered. 14 From the offering, one loaf shall be presented as a contribution to the Lord; it shall belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings. 15 The meat of the peace offering of thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day it is offered; none of it shall be left until morning. 16 But if the sacrifice he offers is a vow or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day he brings the sacrifice. Whatever is left over may be eaten on the next day. 17 But any meat of the sacrifice left over until the third day must be burned in the fire.
  • 1 Sam 2:13-16 : 13 'This was the custom of the priests with the people: Whenever someone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant came with a three-pronged fork while the meat was boiling.' 14 'He would plunge it into the basin, kettle, cauldron, or pot, and whatever the fork brought up, the priest would take for himself. This is what they did to all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.' 15 But even before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man offering the sacrifice, ‘Give the priest some meat to roast; he won’t accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.’ 16 And if the man said to him, ‘Let the fat be burned first, and then take whatever you want,’ the servant would reply, ‘No, give it to me now! If you don’t, I’ll take it by force.’
  • 1 Sam 9:12-13 : 12 They answered, "Yes, he is ahead of you. Hurry now; he has just come to the town today, for the people are offering a sacrifice at the high place." 13 As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he arrives because he must bless the sacrifice first. After that, those who have been invited can eat. Go now, for you will find him at this time.
  • Rom 1:3 : 3 concerning His Son, who was born of the offspring of David according to the flesh,