Deuteronomy 18:8

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

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  • 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.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 18:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1The priests, the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They shall eat the offerings made by fire to the LORD and His allotted inheritance.

    2They shall have no inheritance among their brothers; the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.

    3This shall be the priests' due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice: whether ox or sheep, they are to give the priest the shoulder, the cheeks, and the stomach.

  • Num 18:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10'You must eat it in a most holy place. Every male may eat it; it is holy to you.'

    11'This also is yours: the contributions and wave offerings presented by the Israelites. I give these to you, your sons, and your daughters with you as a perpetual ordinance. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat of it.'

  • Deut 18:7
    75%

    7then he may minister in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who serve there before the LORD.

  • Deut 10:9
    75%

    9That is why the Levites have no share or inheritance among their brothers; the LORD Himself is their inheritance, as He promised them.

  • Num 18:30-31
    2 verses
    75%

    30Say to the Levites: When you present the best of it, it will be credited to you, as if it were the produce of the threshing floor and the produce of the wine press.

    31You and your households may eat it anywhere, as it is your wages in return for your service in the tent of meeting.

  • Num 18:18-21
    4 verses
    75%

    18Their meat shall be yours, just like the breast of the wave offering and the right thigh are yours.

    19All the holy contributions the Israelites present to the LORD, I give to you, your sons, and your daughters with you as a perpetual ordinance. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your descendants with you.

    20The LORD said to Aaron: You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any share among them; I am your share and inheritance among the Israelites.

    21To the Levites, I have given every tithe in Israel as their inheritance in return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting.

  • Num 27:8-11
    4 verses
    75%

    8Speak to the Israelites and say: If a man dies and has no son, transfer his inheritance to his daughter.

    9If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers.

    10If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.

    11If his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan, and they shall possess it. This shall be a legal statute for the Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Deut 12:18
    74%

    18Instead, you are to eat these in the presence of the Lord your God, at the place the Lord your God will choose—you, your son and daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the Lord your God in everything you undertake.

  • Lev 10:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13You are to eat it in a holy place because it is your portion and your sons’ portion from the offerings made by fire to the LORD, for this is what I was commanded.'

    14You, your sons, and your daughters are to eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering in a place that is ceremonially clean. These have been given to you and your descendants as your portion from the Israelites' peace offerings.

    15The thigh of the heave offering and the breast of the wave offering must be brought with the fat portions of the fire offerings to present as a wave offering before the LORD. They will belong to you and your descendants as a perpetual statute, just as the LORD commanded.

  • Isa 34:17
    74%

    17He has cast the lot for them, and His hand has divided it among them with the measuring line. They will possess it forever; from generation to generation, they will dwell there.

  • Ezek 44:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28They shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.

    29They are to eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them.

  • Num 33:54
    73%

    54You shall apportion the land by lot according to your clans. You shall give more to the larger groups and less to the smaller groups. The place where the lot falls for each shall be theirs. You shall divide land according to the tribes of your ancestors.

  • Deut 14:29
    73%

    29Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance with you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

  • Num 18:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23The Levites shall perform the duties of the tent of meeting and bear the responsibility for their sins. This is a perpetual ordinance for your generations, but they shall not have any inheritance among the Israelites.

    24For I have given the Levites the tithes that the Israelites present as a contribution to the LORD as their inheritance. That is why I told them they shall have no inheritance among the Israelites.

  • Num 5:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9Any contribution from the sacred offerings that the Israelites bring to the priest will belong to him.

    10Each man’s holy gifts belong to him, but whatever someone gives to the priest will belong to the priest.

  • Lev 22:11
    72%

    11However, if a priest buys someone with his money as property, that person may eat from the priest's food, and those born in his household may also eat his food.

  • Num 18:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13'The first ripe produce of all that is in their land, which they bring to the LORD, shall be yours. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat of it.'

    14'Everything in Israel that is devoted to the LORD shall be yours.'

  • Lev 7:10
    71%

    10But every grain offering, whether mixed with oil or dry, belongs equally to all the sons of Aaron.

  • Josh 18:7
    71%

    7The Levites will not have a portion among you, because the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received their inheritance east of the Jordan, which Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave them.

  • Ezek 47:14
    71%

    14You are to divide it equally among yourselves. I swore to give it to your ancestors, and this land will fall to you as an inheritance.

  • Deut 14:27
    71%

    27And do not neglect the Levite living in your towns, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.

  • Num 35:8
    71%

    8The cities you give from the inheritance of the Israelites shall be proportionate: from larger tribes give more, and from smaller tribes give less. Each tribe shall give cities to the Levites in accordance with the inheritance it receives.

  • Num 26:54-55
    2 verses
    71%

    54Increase the inheritance for a larger group and decrease it for a smaller group; each person’s inheritance is to be given according to the number of those registered in his group.

    55But the division of the land is to be determined by lot; they will receive their inheritance based on the names of their ancestral tribes.

  • Num 36:4
    71%

    4'And when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they are married and will be taken away from the inheritance of our ancestral tribe.'

  • Ezek 46:18
    71%

    18The prince must not take away any of the people’s inheritance by oppressing them or removing property from their possession. He is to give his sons their own inheritance from his property so that none of my people are driven from their rightful possession.

  • Num 7:5
    71%

    5“Accept these from them so that they may be used for the work of the Tent of Meeting. Assign them to the Levites according to their roles of service.”

  • Deut 12:7
    70%

    7There, in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has blessed you with.

  • Josh 13:14
    70%

    14But to the tribe of Levi, Moses gave no inheritance, for the offerings made by fire to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as He promised.

  • Ezek 48:14
    70%

    14This land must not be sold, exchanged, or transferred, for it is holy to the Lord; it is set apart as the firstfruits of the land.

  • Ezek 48:29
    70%

    29This is the land you shall divide as an inheritance for the tribes of Israel, and these shall be their portions, declares the Lord GOD.

  • 1 Sam 8:14
    70%

    14He will take the best of your fields, vineyards, and olive groves and give them to his officials.

  • Lev 6:16
    70%

    16Every grain offering of a priest shall be burned entirely; it shall not be eaten.

  • Lev 25:41
    70%

    41Then they and their children are to be released, and they will return to their own family and to the property of their ancestors.