Of the cities that you give from the Israelites’ territory, you should take more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one. Each tribe is to give some of its cities to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance it receives.’
2 Corinthians 8:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised It is not that there should be relief for others and hardship for you, but it is a question of equality. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For it is not [intended] that other people be eased and relieved [of their responsibility] and you be burdened and suffer [unfairly], American Standard Version (1901) For I say not this that others may be eased and ye distressed; Common English Bible It isn’t that we want others to have financial ease and you financial difficulties, but it’s a matter of equality. Catholic Public Domain Version And it is not that others should be relieved, while you are troubled, but that there should be an equality. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For I mean not that others should be eased, and you burthened, but by an equality. |
Of the cities that you give from the Israelites’ territory, you should take more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one. Each tribe is to give some of its cities to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance it receives.’
For there was not a needy person among them because all those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the proceeds of what was sold,
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.
At the present time your surplus is available for their need, so that their abundance may in turn meet your need, in order that there may be equality.