1 Corinthians 9:13

New International Reader's Version

People who serve in the temple get their food from the temple. Don’t you know this? People who serve at the altar eat from what is offered on the altar. Don’t you know this?

Cross References

Leviticus 21:22

He can eat the holy food. He can also eat my very holy food.

Leviticus 22:7

When the sun goes down, he will be “clean.” After that, he can eat the sacred offerings. They are his food.

Leviticus 6:26

The priest who offers it will eat it. He must eat it in the holy area. He must eat it in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.

Leviticus 7:31

The priest will burn the fat on the altar. But the breast belongs to Aaron and the priests in his family line.

Numbers 18:31

You and your families can eat the rest of it anywhere. It is your pay for your work at the tent of meeting.

Romans 6:16

Don’t you know that when you give yourselves to obey someone you become that person’s slave? If you are slaves of sin, then you will die. But if you are slaves who obey God, then you will live a godly life.

1 Corinthians 10:18

Think about the people of Israel. Don’t those who eat the offerings share in the altar?

1 Corinthians 9:24

In a race all the runners run. But only one gets the prize. You know that, don’t you? So run in a way that will get you the prize.

Deuteronomy 10:9

That’s why the Levites don’t have any part of the land the Lord gave the other tribes in Israel. They don’t have any share among them. The Lord himself is their share. That’s what the Lord your God told them.

1 Samuel 2:28

At that time, I chose Aaron from your family line to be my priest. I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel. I told him to go up to my altar. I told him to burn incense. I chose him to wear a linen apron when he served me. I also gave his family all the food offerings presented by the Israelites.