Numbers 31:30
Of the children of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the livestock, and give them to the Levites, who perform the duty of Yahweh’s tabernacle.”
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Numbers 31:30
Of the children of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the livestock, and give them to the Levites, who perform the duty of Yahweh’s tabernacle.”
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Numbers 3:25
The duty of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
Numbers 3:31
Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, the screen, and all its service.
Numbers 3:36
The appointed duty of the sons of Merari shall be the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments, all its service,
Numbers 3:38
Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, with Aaron and his sons, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary for the duty of the children of Israel. The outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
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Numbers 18:8
Yahweh spoke to Aaron, “Behold, I myself have given you the command of my wave offerings, even all the holy things of the children of Israel. I have given them to you by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, as a portion forever.
Numbers 18:19
All the wave offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel offer to Yahweh, I have given you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever. It is a covenant of salt forever before Yahweh to you and to your offspring with you.”
Matthew 10:10
Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.
1 Corinthians 9:10
or 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.
1 Corinthians 9:11
If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
1 Corinthians 9:12
If others partake of this right over you, don’t we yet more? Nevertheless we didn’t use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.
Galatians 6:6
But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches.
1 Timothy 5:17
Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.
Hebrews 7:4
Now consider how great this man was, to whom even Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth out of the best plunder.
Hebrews 7:5
They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest’s office have a commandment to take tithes from the people according to the law, that is, of their brothers, though these have come out of the body of Abraham,
Hebrews 7:6
but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has accepted tithes from Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises.
Hebrews 7:9
We can say that through Abraham even Levi, who receives tithes, has paid tithes,
Hebrews 7:10
for he was yet in the body of his father when Melchizedek met him.
Hebrews 7:11
Now if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
Hebrews 7:12
For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change made also in the law.
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Numbers 18:24
For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a wave offering to Yahweh, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance. Therefore I have said to them, ‘Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.’ ”
Numbers 18:25
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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Numbers 31:9
The children of Israel took the women of Midian captive with their little ones; and all their livestock, all their flocks, and all their goods, they took as plunder.
Numbers 31:33
seventy-two thousand head of cattle,
Numbers 31:34
sixty-one thousand donkeys,
Numbers 31:35
and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of the women who had not known man by lying with him.
Numbers 31:36
The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep;
Numbers 31:37
and Yahweh’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five.
Numbers 31:38
The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which Yahweh’s tribute was seventy-two.
Numbers 31:39
The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which Yahweh’s tribute was sixty-one.
Numbers 31:40
The persons were sixteen thousand, of whom Yahweh’s tribute was thirty-two persons.
Numbers 31:42
Of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided off from the men who fought
Numbers 31:43
(now the congregation’s half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
Numbers 31:44
thirty-six thousand head of cattle,
Numbers 31:45
thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,
Numbers 31:46
and sixteen thousand persons),
1 Samuel 30:20
David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s plunder.”
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1 Chronicles 5:21
They took away their livestock: of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand, and of men one hundred thousand.
2 Chronicles 14:15
They also struck the tents of those who had livestock, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, then returned to Jerusalem.
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Numbers 8:24
“This is what is assigned to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting;
Numbers 8:25
and from the age of fifty years they shall retire from doing the work, and shall serve no more,
Numbers 18:5
“You shall perform the duty of the sanctuary and the duty of the altar, that there be no more wrath on the children of Israel.
1 Chronicles 9:27
They stayed around God’s house, because that was their duty; and it was their duty to open it morning by morning.
1 Chronicles 9:28
Certain of them were in charge of the vessels of service, for these were brought in by count, and these were taken out by count.
1 Chronicles 9:29
Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, over the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the frankincense, and the spices.
1 Chronicles 23:4
David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of Yahweh’s house, six thousand were officers and judges,
1 Chronicles 23:28
For their duty was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of Yahweh’s house—in the courts, in the rooms, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of God’s house;
1 Chronicles 23:29
for the show bread also, and for the fine flour for a meal offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all measurements of quantity and size;
1 Chronicles 23:30
and to stand every morning to thank and praise Yahweh, and likewise in the evening;
1 Chronicles 23:31
and to offer all burnt offerings to Yahweh on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before Yahweh;
1 Chronicles 26:21
The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers’ households belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli.
2 Chronicles 13:10
“But as for us, Yahweh is our God, and we have not forsaken him. We have priests serving Yahweh, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites in their work.
Psalms 134:1
Look! Praise Yahweh, all you servants of Yahweh, who stand by night in Yahweh’s house!
Ezekiel 44:11
Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house. They shall kill the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them.
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1 Chronicles 26:23
Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites:
1 Chronicles 26:24
Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasuries.
1 Chronicles 26:25
His brothers: of Eliezer, Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son.
1 Chronicles 26:27
They dedicated some of the plunder won in battles to repair Yahweh’s house.
1 Chronicles 26:28
All that Samuel the seer, Saul the son of Kish, Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated, whoever had dedicated anything, it was under the hand of Shelomoth and of his brothers.
1 Chronicles 26:29
Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were appointed to the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
Ezekiel 44:8
You have not performed the duty of my holy things; but you have set performers of my duty in my sanctuary for yourselves.”
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Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark— dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
Isaiah 56:11
Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. They are shepherds who can’t understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
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