Moreover he commanded the people who lived in Yerushalayim to give the portion of the Kohanim and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the law of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 18:8 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which comes of the sale of his patrimony. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They shall have equal portions to eat, besides what may come of the sale of his patrimony. [Jer. 32:6-15.] American Standard Version (1901) They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. Common English Bible he is allowed to eat equal portions, despite the finances he has from his family. Catholic Public Domain Version He shall receive the same portion of food as the rest also receive, besides that which is due to him in his own city, by succession from his fathers. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He shall receive the same portion of food that the rest do: besides that which is due to him in his own city, by succession from his fathers. |
Moreover he commanded the people who lived in Yerushalayim to give the portion of the Kohanim and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the law of the LORD.
On that day were men appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the wave offerings, for the first fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, according to the fields of the cities, the portions appointed by the law for the Kohanim and Levites: for Yehudah rejoiced for the Kohanim and for the Levites who waited.
All Yisra'el in the days of Zerubbavel, and in the days of Nechemyah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, as every day required: and they set apart [that which was] for the Levites; and the Levites set apart [that which was] for the sons of Aharon.
*'All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the LORD's. It is holy to the LORD.
Of it he shall offer one out of each offering for a heave offering to the LORD. It shall be the Kohen's who sprinkles the blood of the shalom offerings.
To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Yisra'el for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting.
Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don't go from house to house.
then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before the LORD.