Onlythe landof the priestshe did not buy,for the priestshad an allotmentfrom Pharaoh,and they livedoffthe allotmentwhichPharaohgavethem. Therefore,they did not selltheir land.
And Melchizedekkingof Salembroughtout breadand wine;now he was a priestof GodMostHigh.
Then PharaohnamedJosephZaphenath-paneah;and he gavehim Asenath,the daughterof Potipherapriestof On,as his wife.And Josephwentforthoverthe landof Egypt.
Now beforethe yearof faminecame,twosonswere bornto Joseph,whomAsenath,the daughterof Potipherapriestof On,boreto him.
As for the people,he removedthem to the citiesfrom one endof Egypt'sborderto the other.
Then Josephsaidto the people,"Behold,I have todayboughtyou and your landfor Pharaoh;now,[here] is seedfor you, and you may sowthe land.
Josephmadeit a statuteconcerningthe landof Egypt[valid] to thisday,that Pharaohshould have the fifth;onlythe landof the priestsdid not becomePharaoh's.
Benaiahthe sonof Jehoiadawas over the Cherethitesand the Pelethites;and David'ssonswere chiefministers.
"We also informyou that it is not allowedto imposetax,tributeor toll[on] anyof the priests,Levites,singers,doorkeepers,Nethinimor servantsof thishouseof God.
I also discoveredthat the portionsof the Leviteshad not been given[them], so that the Levitesand the singerswho performedthe servicehad goneaway,eachto his own field.
ora bagfor [your] journey,oreventwocoats,orsandals,ora staff;for the workeris worthyof his support.
Do you not knowthat thosewho performsacred serviceseatthe [food] of the temple,[and] thosewho attend regularlyto the altarhave their sharefrom the altar?
The one who is taughtthe wordis to shareallgood thingswith the one who teaches[him].
"Be carefulthat you do not forsakethe Leviteas longas you livein your land.
For evenwhenwe were with you, we used to giveyou thisorder:ifanyoneis not willingto work,thenhe is not to eat,either.
The elderswho rulewellare to be considered worthyof doublehonor,especiallythosewho work hardat preachingand teaching.
