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Sacrament
LORD, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing.
—New Living Translation
For some scholars, this verse recalls God’s mandate to Aaron that the tribe of Levi—chosen as the priesthood of Israel—was to rely solely on God, without the inheritance of land that the other tribes were given: “I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel” (Numbers 18:20). One way God provided for the Levites was to require the Jews to support them through tithing (see Numbers 18:24).
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Resources quoted in this issue
GT: New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, IL. All rights reserved.
Cit. 1: Alter, Robert. The Hebrew Bible, Vol. 3, The Writings: A Translation with Commentary. New York and London. W.W. Norton & Company, 2019.
Cit. 2: Keller, W. Phillip. The Shepherd Trilogy. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1996.
Cit. 3: Barclay, William. The Daily Study Bible: The Gospel of Matthew, Vol. 2. Edinburgh: Saint Andrew, 1955. Revised and updated by Saint Andrew, 2001. Reprinted as The New Daily Study Bible: The Gospel of Matthew, Vol. 2. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2001–04.
Cit. 4: Barclay, William. The Daily Study Bible: The Gospel of Matthew, Vol. 2. Edinburgh: Saint Andrew, 1955. Revised and updated by Saint Andrew, 2001. Reprinted as The New Daily Study Bible: The Gospel of Matthew, Vol. 2. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2001–04; The NIV Study Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1995.
Cit. 5: Laymon, Charles M. The Interpreter’s One-Volume Commentary on the Bible. Nashville: Abingdon, 1971.
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