1 Corinthians 9:13
Do you not know that those who work in the holy place eat the things that are for the holy place, and that those who serve at the altar also share with the altar?
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In Context
14So, too, has the Lord ordained that those who announce the Gospel should live by the Gospel.
Cross References
Leviticus 6:26The priest who offers it shall eat it in the holy place, in the atrium of the tabernacle.
Leviticus 22:7and the sun has set, then, having been purified, he shall eat from what has been sanctified, because it is his food.
Numbers 18:8And the Lord said to Aaron: “Behold, I have given you custody of my first-fruits. Everything that is sanctified by the sons of Israel I have delivered to you and your sons, for the office of the priesthood, by everlasting ordinances.
Deuteronomy 18:1“The priests and the Levites, and all who are from the same tribe, shall have no portion or inheritance with the rest of Israel. For they shall eat the sacrifices of the Lord and his oblations.
1 Corinthians 10:18Consider Israel, according to the flesh. Are not those who eat from the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 9:4-15
Rights of a Christian Minister. ( a. d. 57.) 3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, 4 Have we not power to eat and to drink? 5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? 6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working? 7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? 8 Say I these… Read the whole commentary →