Deuteronomy 18:8

Portion for portion shall they eat, beside the accustomed allotment which cometh on the Sabbath, as the fathers have appointed.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.

In Context

7then he shall minister in the Name of the Lord his God with his brethren the Levites who minister there before the Lord.

9When thou hast entered into the land which the Lord thy God will give thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of these peoples:

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Cross References

Leviticus 7:14And of it he shall offer one of all the separated oblatons before the Lord: (the remainder) shall belong to the priest who sprinkleth the blood of the sanctified oblations.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 18:2-9

Maintenance of the Levites. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance. 2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. 3 And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the… Read the whole commentary →

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