They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them.
Parallel translations
- WEB They shall eat the meal offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.
- KJV They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering: and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
- NKJV They shall eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering; every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
- NASB They shall eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering; and everything banned from secular use in Israel shall be theirs.
- NLT Their food will come from the gifts and sacrifices brought to the Temple by the people—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Whatever anyone sets apart for the Lord will belong to the priests.
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Quick answer
The priests are to be sustained by the offerings of the people, including grain, sin, and trespass offerings.
Overview
Because they have no land, the priests are provided for through the sacrifices and devoted things of Israel. God ensures that those who serve at the altar are supported by the altar. Paul applies this principle to gospel ministry, teaching that those who proclaim the gospel should live by it (1 Corinthians 9:13-14).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Num 18:14Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.
- Lev 27:21When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.
- Lev 27:28Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.
- Lev 7:6Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
- Lev 6:14–18Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron’s sons shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.
- Lev 6:29Any male among the priests may eat it; it is most holy.
- Lev 6:26The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
- Num 18:9–11A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.
- Lev 2:3The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.
- 1 Cor 9:13–14Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?
- Lev 2:10But the remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.
- Heb 13:10We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
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