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- "And the Leviteª that¹ [is] within thy gates;ª thou shalt not¹ forsakeª° him; for¹ he hath no¹ partª nor inheritanceª with¹ thee. ... And the Levite,ª (because¹ he hath no¹ partª nor inheritanceª with¹ thee,) and the stranger,ª and the fatherless,ª and the widow,ª which¹ [are] within thy gates,ª shall come,ª° and shall eatª° and be satisfied;ª° that¹ the LORDª thy Godª may blessª° thee in all¹ the workª of thine handª which¹ thou doest.ª°" {Deu 14:27-29} + "And the priestsª and the Levitesª that¹ [were] in all¹ Israelª resortedª° to¹ him out of all¹¹ their coasts.ª ... For¹ the Levitesª leftª°¹ their suburbsª and their possession,ª and came²°¹ to Judahª and Jerusalem:ª for¹ Jeroboamª and his sonsª had cast them offª° from executing the priest's officeª°¹ unto the LORD:ª" {2Ch 11:13-14} + "Moreover he commandedª° the peopleª that dweltª° in Jerusalemª to giveª° the portionª of the priestsª and the Levites,ª that¹ they might be encouragedª° in the lawª of the LORD.ª ... And in every¹ workª that¹ he beganª° in the serviceª of the houseª of God,ª and in the law,ª and in the commandments,ª to seekª° his God,ª he didª° [it] with all¹ his heart,ª and prospered.ª°" {2Ch 31:4-21} + "And we cast²° the lots² among¹¹ the priests,ª the Levites,ª and the people,ª for¹ the woodª offering,ª to bringª° [it] into the houseª of our God,ª after the housesª of our fathers,ª at timesª appointedª° yearª by year,ª to burnª° upon¹ the altarª of the LORDª our God,ª as [it is] writtenª° in the law:ª ... For¹ the childrenª of Israelª and the childrenª of Leviª shall bringª°¹ the offeringª of the corn,ª of the new wine,ª and the oil,ª unto¹ the chambers,ª where¹ [are] the vesselsª of the sanctuary,ª and the priestsª that minister,ª° and the porters,ª and the singers:ª° and we will not¹ forsakeª°¹ the houseª of our God.ª" {Neh 10:34-39} + "Orª saith¹ he²° [it] altogetherª for²° our² sakes?ª¹ For²° our² sakes,ª¹ no doubt,ª [this] is written:ª° thatª he that plowethª° shouldª° plowª° inª hope;ª andª that he that threshethª° in¹ hopeª should be partakerª° of² his²¹ hope.ª ... Evenª soª hath²° the¹ Lordª ordainedª° that they which preachª° the¹ gospelª should liveª° ofª the¹ gospel.ª" {1Co 9:10-14}
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