They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
The provision is that the Levites coming to minister were to have equal shares to eat, over and above what accrued from the sale of what they had inherited. Standing together with the verses that immediately follow it, it helps set forth the Lord's view of heathen practices. It belongs to the laws given to Israel that summoned them to serve God, turn from sin, and live according to His law, and the setting in which those laws were given and the purpose they were meant to accomplish display their superiority and worth. It stands among the biblical rules by which false prophets are detected and the true are decided upon.
The provision is that the Levites coming to minister were to have equal shares to eat, over and above what accrued from the sale of what they had inherited. Standing together with the verses that immediately follow it, it helps set forth the Lord's view of heathen practices. It belongs to the laws given to Israel that summoned them to serve God, turn from sin, and live according to His law, and the setting in which those laws were given and the purpose they were meant to accomplish display their superiority and worth. It stands among the biblical rules by which false prophets are detected and the true are decided upon.