13 Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings?
13 Do ye not know that they who labour [at] sacred thingsD8283 eat of the [offerings offered in the] templeD8284; they that attend at the altar partake with the altar?
things - Or 'perform the sacred rites.' temple - Or 'of what is sacred.' It is well to distinguish naos (as ch. 3.16), 'the house,' including both parts of the house (i.e. the holy of holies and the holy place), from hieron (the word used here), 'the general buildings of the temple.'
13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things liveK6909[of the things] of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
live: Or, feed.
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