He commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites, so that they might devote themselves to the law of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 18:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 They shall have equal portions to eat, even though they have income from the sale of family possessions. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They shall have equal portions to eat, besides what may come of the sale of his patrimony. [Jer. 32:6-15.] American Standard Version (1901) They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. Common English Bible he is allowed to eat equal portions, despite the finances he has from his family. Catholic Public Domain Version He shall receive the same portion of food as the rest also receive, besides that which is due to him in his own city, by succession from his fathers. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He shall receive the same portion of food that the rest do: besides that which is due to him in his own city, by succession from his fathers. |
He commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites, so that they might devote themselves to the law of the Lord.
On that day men were appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits, and the tithes, to gather into them the portions required by the law for the priests and for the Levites from the fields belonging to the towns, for Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who ministered.
In the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah all Israel gave the daily portions for the singers and the gatekeepers. They set apart that which was for the Levites, and the Levites set apart that which was for the descendants of Aaron.
“All tithes from the land, whether the seed from the ground or the fruit from the tree, are the Lord’s; they are holy to the Lord.
From this you shall offer one cake from each offering, as a gift to the Lord; it shall belong to the priest who dashes the blood of the offering of well-being.
“To the Levites I have given every tithe in Israel for a possession in return for the service that they perform, the service in the tent of meeting.
Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the laborer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house.
then he may minister in the name of the Lord his God, like all his fellow-Levites who stand to minister there before the Lord.