Deuteronomy 18:8
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He shall receive the same portion of food that the rest do: besides that which is due to him in his own city, by succession from his fathers.

like portions

Leviticus 7:8,9,14 The priest that offereth the victim of holocaust, shall have the skin thereof. . . .

Nehemiah 12:44,47 And they kept the watch of their God, and the observance of expiation, and the singing men, and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. . . .

Luke 10:7 And in the same house, remain, eating and drinking such things as they have: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Remove not from house to house.

1 Corinthians 9:7-14 Who serveth as a soldier, at any time, at his own charges? Who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof? Who feedeth the flock and eateth not of the milk of the flock? . . .

1 Timothy 5:17,18 Let the priests that rule well be esteemed worthy of double honour: especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. . . .

Context
Provision for Priests and Levites
7He shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, that shall stand at that time before the Lord. 8He shall receive the same portion of food that the rest do: besides that which is due to him in his own city, by succession from his fathers.
Cross References
Leviticus 27:30
All tithes of the land, whether of corn, or of the fruits of trees, are the Lord's, and are sanctified to him.

Numbers 18:21
And I have given to the sons of Levi all the tithes of Israel for a possession, for the ministry wherewith they serve me in the tabernacle of the covenant:

Deuteronomy 18:7
He shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, that shall stand at that time before the Lord.

2 Chronicles 31:4
He commanded also the people that dwelt in Jerusalem, to give to the priests, and the Levites their portion, that they might attend to the law of the Lord.

Nehemiah 12:44
And they kept the watch of their God, and the observance of expiation, and the singing men, and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

Lexicon
They shall eat
יֹאכֵ֑לוּ (yō·ḵê·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

equal portions,
חֵ֥לֶק (ḥê·leq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2506: Portion, tract, territory

even though
לְבַ֥ד (lə·ḇaḏ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 905: Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of

he has received [money] from
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the sale
מִמְכָּרָ֖יו (mim·kā·rāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4465: Merchandise, a selling

of his father’s estate.
הָאָבֽוֹת׃ (hā·’ā·ḇō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father


Additional Translations
They shall eat equal portions, even though he has received money from the sale of his father’s estate.They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which comes of the sale of his patrimony.

They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.

He shall eat an allotted portion, besides the sale of his hereditary property.

they shall have like portions to eat, besides that which he hath sold of his patrimony.

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

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

They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which comes of the sale of his patrimony.

portion as portion they do eat, apart from his sold things, with the fathers.
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