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Deuteronomy 18:8

Deuteronomy 18:8
They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

They shall have like portions to eat,.... Equal parts of the sacrifices with the priests that usually ministered there; hence we learn, says Jarchi, that they divided the skins and flesh of the sin…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Deuteronomy 18:6-8

These verses presuppose that part of the Levites only will be in residence and officiating at the place of the sanctuary, the others of course dwelling at their own homes in the Levitical cities, or…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 18:1-8

Magistracy and ministry are two divine institutions of admirable use for the support and advancement of the kingdom of God among men. Laws concerning the former we had in the close of the foregoing…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

They shall have Sam. LXX: he shall have.

beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony a paraphrase of the difficult Heb.: beside his sales, or realised values, or prices, on the fathers(LXX,…