“Moses, tell the Levite people: The people of Israel will give you one tenth of their harvest and of their wine. Then you will give the best part of that to the Lord.
Numbers 18:31 - Easy To Read Version You and your families can eat all that is left. This is your payment for the work you do in the Meeting Tent. [249] Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you may eat it in every place, you and your households, for it is your reward for your service in the Tent of Meeting. American Standard Version (1901) And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting. Common English Bible You and your household may eat it anywhere, because it is payment for your service in the meeting tent. Catholic Public Domain Version And you shall eat these in all your places, both you and your families, because it is your price for the ministry, by which you serve in the tabernacle of the testimony. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And you shall eat them in all your places, both you and your families: because it is your reward for the ministry, wherewith you serve in the tabernacle of the testimony. |
“Moses, tell the Levite people: The people of Israel will give you one tenth of their harvest and of their wine. Then you will give the best part of that to the Lord.
And if you always give the best part of it to the Lord, then you will never be guilty. You will always remember that those gifts are the holy [250] offerings from the people of Israel. And you will not die.”
Don’t carry a bag. Take for your trip only the clothes and shoes you are wearing. Don’t take a walking stick. A worker should be given the things he needs.
Stay in the peaceful house. Eat and drink what the people there give you. A worker should be given his pay. Don’t leave that house to stay in another house.
So you received everything that the other churches have received. Only one thing was different: I was not a burden to you. Forgive me for this!
The person who is learning the teaching of God should share all the good things he has with the person who is teaching him.