1 Corinthians 9:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the temple, and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar?

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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?

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Know{G1492} ye{G1492} not{G3756} that{G3754} they{G3588} that minister{G2038} about sacred things{G2413} eat{G2068} [of] the things of{G1537} the temple,{G2411} [and] they that wait{G4332} upon the altar{G2379} have their portion{G4829} with the altar?{G2379}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Do ye{G1492} not{G3756} know{G1492}{(G5758)} that{G3754} they which minister{G2038}{(G5740)} about holy things{G2413} live{G2068}{(G5719)} of the things of{G1537} the temple{G2411}? and they which wait{G4332}{(G5723)} at the altar{G2379} are partakers{G4829}{(G5736)} with the altar{G2379}?

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Do ye not vnderstoder how that they which minister in the temple have their fyndynge of the temple? And they which wayte at the aulter are partakers with ye aultre?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Knowe ye not that they which laboure in the temple, haue their lyuynge of ye temple: and they that wayte at the altare, enioye the altare?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Doe ye not knowe, that they which minister about the holy things, eate of the things of the Temple? and they which waite at the altar, are partakers with the altar?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Do ye not knowe that they which minister about holy thynges, eate of the thinges of the temple? And they whiche wayte at the aulter, are partakers with the aulter?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live [of the things] of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Don't you know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Have ye not known that those working about the things of the temple -- of the temple do eat, and those waiting at the altar -- with the altar are partakers?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Know ye not that they that minister about sacred things eat `of' the things of the temple, `and' they that wait upon the altar have their portion with the altar?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Know ye not that they that minister about sacred things eat [of] the things of the temple, [and] they that wait upon the altar have their portion with the altar?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Do you not see that the servants of the holy things get their living from the Temple, and the servants of the altar have their part in the food which is offered on the altar?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Don't you know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings?

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 6:26 : 26 The priest that offers it for sin shall eat it: it shall be eaten in the holy place, in the court of the tabernacle of meeting.
  • Num 18:8-9 : 8 And the LORD spoke to Aaron, Behold, I also have given you the charge of my heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; to you have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, by an ordinance forever. 9 This shall be yours of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, every grain offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render to me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons. 10 In the most holy place you shall eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy to you. 11 And this is yours; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, by a statute forever: everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it. 12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer to the LORD, them have I given you. 13 And whatever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring to the LORD, shall be yours; everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it. 14 Everything devoted in Israel shall be yours. 15 Everything that opens the womb in all flesh, which they bring to the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be yours: nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts you shall redeem. 16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old you shall redeem, according to your estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. 17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy: you shall sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet aroma to the LORD. 18 And the flesh of them shall be yours, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are yours. 19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, by a statute forever: it is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD to you and to your seed with you. 20 And the LORD spoke to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any part among them: I am your part and your inheritance among the children of Israel.
  • Num 5:9-9 : 9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his. 10 And every man's sacred offerings shall be his; whatever any man gives the priest, it shall be his.
  • Lev 6:16-18 : 16 And the remainder of it Aaron and his sons shall eat: with unleavened bread it shall be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of meeting they shall eat it. 17 It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it to them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering. 18 All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat it. It shall be a statute forever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: everyone who touches them shall be holy.
  • Lev 7:6-8 : 6 Every male among the priests shall eat it: it shall be eaten in a holy place: it is most holy. 7 As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest who makes atonement with it shall have it. 8 And the priest who offers any man's burnt offering, even the priest, shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering which he has offered.
  • Deut 10:9 : 9 Therefore Levi has no part nor inheritance with his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, just as the LORD your God promised him.
  • Deut 18:1-5 : 1 The priests, the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part or inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and His inheritance. 2 Therefore, they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as He has said to them. 3 And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give to the priest the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the stomach. 4 The firstfruits of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him. 5 For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons forever.
  • 1 Sam 2:28 : 28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give to the house of your father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
  • 1 Cor 10:18 : 18 Consider Israel after the flesh: are not those who eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 14 Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.

  • Heb 13:9-10
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    9 Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.

    10 We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat.

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    16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

    17 For although we are many, we are one bread and one body: for we all partake of that one bread.

    18 Consider Israel after the flesh: are not those who eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?

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    10 Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.

    11 If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things?

    12 If others are partakers of this right over you, should not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not used this right, but endure all things lest we hinder the gospel of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 9:6-7
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    6 Or is it only Barnabas and I who do not have the right to refrain from working?

    7 Who goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?

  • 34 Yes, you yourselves know that these hands have provided for my necessities, and for those who were with me.

  • 4 Do we not have the right to eat and drink?

  • 13 While by the evidence of this ministry they glorify God for your professed submission to the gospel of Christ, and for your generous sharing with them, and with all men;

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    16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

    17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

  • 9 For we are workers together with God: you are God's field, you are God's building.

  • 31 And you shall eat it in every place, you and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.

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    9 Have you not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made yourselves priests like the peoples of other lands? So that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams, the same may be a priest of those who are no gods.

    10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests who minister to the LORD are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.

  • 6 For this reason, pay your taxes also, for they are God's ministers attending continually to this very thing.

  • 8 Nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but we worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.

  • 15 Do you not know that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of a harlot? God forbid.

  • Heb 8:2-3
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    2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord set up, and not man.

    3 For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; therefore it is necessary that this man also have something to offer.

  • 7 Or ministry, let us attend to our ministering: or he who teaches, on teaching;

  • 22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

  • 7 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.

  • 19 What? Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God, and you are not your own?

  • 8 And you shall bring the grain offering made of these things to the LORD; and when it is presented to the priest, he shall bring it to the altar.

  • 8 I robbed other churches, taking wages from them, to serve you.

  • 9 And all the grain offering baked in the oven, and all that is prepared in the frying pan and in the pan, shall be the priest's who offers it.

  • 13 You shall eat it in a holy place because it is your due and your sons' due of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire, for so I am commanded.

  • Num 5:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his.

    10 And every man's sacred offerings shall be his; whatever any man gives the priest, it shall be his.

  • 6 Every male among the priests shall eat it: it shall be eaten in a holy place: it is most holy.

  • 18 For the Scripture says, You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain. And, The laborer is worthy of his wages.

  • 20 Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it.

  • 2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by compulsion, but willingly; not for dishonest gain, but with a ready mind;

  • 5 and he had prepared for him a large room, where previously they had stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil, which were commanded to be given to the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers, as well as the offerings for the priests.

  • 10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower also provides bread for your food, and multiplies your seed sown, and increases the fruits of your righteousness;

  • 22 What? Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.

  • 37 And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all kinds of trees, of wine and of oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground to the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

  • 29 Others were appointed to oversee the vessels, all the instruments of the sanctuary, the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the frankincense, and the spices.

  • 8 They shall have equal portions to eat, besides what comes from the sale of his patrimony.

  • 10 No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a temporary resident of the priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

  • 8 You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.

  • 1 Let a man account of us as ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

  • 12 And we urge you, brothers, to recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

  • 14 And if a man eats of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it to the priest with the holy thing.