Verse 8

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

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  • Neh 12:44 : 44 At that time some were appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions required by the Law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who ministered.
  • Neh 12:47 : 47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, every day his portion; and they consecrated holy things to the Levites, and the Levites consecrated them to the children of Aaron.
  • Luke 10:7 : 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.
  • 2 Chr 31:4 : 4 Moreover, he commanded the people who dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.
  • Lev 7:8-9 : 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. 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.
  • Lev 7:14 : 14 And from it he shall offer one out of the whole offering as a wave offering to the LORD, and it shall be the priest's who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings.
  • 1 Cor 9:7-9 : 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? 8 Do I say these things as a mere man? Or does not the Law say the same also? 9 For it is written in the Law of Moses, 'You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.' Does God care for oxen? 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. 13 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? 14 Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.
  • 1 Tim 5:17-18 : 17 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine. 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.