Numbers 18:31

And you and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

30Therefore say to the Levites, ‘When you have presented the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the produce of the threshing floor or winepress.

32Once you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”

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Cross References

Matthew 10:10Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staffs; for the worker is worthy of his provisions.

1 Corinthians 9:10Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.

Galatians 6:6Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 18:21-32

The Priests and Levites Provided For. ( b. c. 1490.) 20 And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. 21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the… Read the whole commentary →

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