He may eat the food of his God, of the most holy as well as of the holy.
1 Corinthians 9:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Do you not know that those who work in the temple service get their food from the temple and those who serve at the altar share in what is sacrificed on the altar? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do you not know that those men who are employed in the services of the temple get their food from the temple? And that those who tend the altar share with the altar [in the offerings brought]? [Deut. 18:1.] 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? Common English Bible Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple get to eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share part of what is sacrificed on the altar? Catholic Public Domain Version Do you not know that those who work in the holy place eat the things that are for the holy place, and that those who serve at the altar also share with the altar? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Know you not, that they who work in the holy place, eat the things that are of the holy place; and they that serve the altar, partake with the altar? |
He may eat the food of his God, of the most holy as well as of the holy.
When the sun sets he shall be clean, and afterward he may eat of the sacred donations, for they are his food.
The priest who offers it as a purification offering shall eat of it; it shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the tent of meeting.
The priest shall turn the fat into smoke on the altar, but the breast shall belong to Aaron and his sons.
You may eat it in any place, you and your households, for it is your payment for your service in the tent of meeting.
Do you not know that, if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar?
Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it.
Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance with his kindred; the Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord your God promised him.)
I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to offer incense, to wear an ephod before me, and I gave to the family of your ancestor all my offerings by fire from the Israelites.