like portions: Leviticus 7:8-9, Leviticus 7:14; Nehemiah 12:44, Nehemiah 12:47; Luke 10:7; 1 Corinthians 9:7-14; 1 Timothy 5:17-18
that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony: Heb. his sales by the fathers
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Deuteronomy 18:8
Deuteronomy 18:8
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