Numbers 18:31

You may eat it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your reward in return for your service in 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

30“Therefore you shall tell them, ‘When you heave its best from it, then it shall be credited to the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the wine press.

32You shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it its best. You shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that you not die.’”

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Cross References

Matthew 10:10Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.

1 Corinthians 9:10or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.

Galatians 6:6But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches.

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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