Genesis 47:22

Good News Translation (US Version)

The only land he did not buy was the land that belonged to the priests. They did not have to sell their lands, because the king gave them an allowance to live on.

Cross References

Ezra 7:24

You are forbidden to collect any taxes from the priests, Levites, musicians, guards, workers, or anyone else connected with this Temple.

1 Timothy 5:17

The elders who do good work as leaders should be considered worthy of receiving double pay, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

While we were with you, we used to tell you, “Whoever refuses to work is not allowed to eat.”

Galatians 6:6

If you are being taught the Christian message, you should share all the good things you have with your teacher.

1 Corinthians 9:13

Surely you know that the men who work in the Temple get their food from the Temple and that those who offer the sacrifices on the altar get a share of the sacrifices.

Matthew 10:10

do not carry a beggar's bag for the trip or an extra shirt or shoes or a walking stick. Workers should be given what they need.

Nehemiah 13:10

I also learned that the Temple musicians and other Levites had left Jerusalem and gone back to their farms, because the people had not been giving them enough to live on.

2 Samuel 8:18

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of David's bodyguards; and David's sons were priests.

Deuteronomy 12:19

Be sure, also, not to neglect the Levites, as long as you live in your land.

Genesis 41:50

Before the years of famine came, Joseph had two sons by Asenath.

Genesis 41:45

He gave Joseph the Egyptian name Zaphenath Paneah, and he gave him a wife, Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, a priest in the city of Heliopolis. Joseph was thirty years old when he began to serve the king of Egypt. He left the king's court and traveled all over the land.

Genesis 14:18

And Melchizedek, who was king of Salem and also a priest of the Most High God, brought bread and wine to Abram,

Genesis 47:21

Joseph made slaves of the people from one end of Egypt to the other.

Genesis 47:23

Joseph said to the people, “You see, I have now bought you and your lands for the king. Here is seed for you to sow in your fields.

Genesis 47:26

So Joseph made it a law for the land of Egypt that one-fifth of the harvest should belong to the king. This law still remains in force today. Only the lands of the priests did not become the king's property.