Verse 8

They shall share equally in their meals, regardless of the income from their family possessions.

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Referenced Verses

  • Neh 12:44 : 44 On that day, men were appointed to oversee the storerooms for contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. They gathered the portions assigned for the priests and Levites from the fields around the towns, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who stood in service.
  • Neh 12:47 : 47 In the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel provided daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set apart what was holy for the Levites, and the Levites set apart what was holy for the descendants of Aaron.
  • Luke 10:7 : 7 Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move from house to house.
  • 2 Chr 31:4 : 4 He also commanded the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves fully to the Law of the Lord.
  • Lev 7:8-9 : 8 The priest who offers a burnt offering for anyone shall have the skin of the burnt offering he has offered. 9 Every grain offering, baked in an oven or prepared in a pan or on a griddle, belongs to the priest who offers it.
  • Lev 7:14 : 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.
  • 1 Cor 9:7-9 : 7 Who serves as a soldier at their own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock? 8 Do I say these things merely from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law also say the same? 9 For it is written in the law of Moses: "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain." Is it oxen that God is concerned about? 10 Or does He say this entirely for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake because the plowman ought to plow in hope and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the harvest. 11 If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you? 12 If others have this right to receive from you, shouldn’t we have it even more? But we have not used this right. Instead, we endure all things so that we will not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ. 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? 14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
  • 1 Tim 5:17-18 : 17 The elders who lead well should be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching. 18 For the Scripture says, 'You shall not muzzle the ox while it is threshing,' and, 'The worker is worthy of his wages.'