Actus 9:13

Jerome's Latin Vulgate

Nescitis quoniam qui in sacrario operantur quæ de sacrario sunt, edunt: et qui altari deserviunt, cum altari participant?

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
sicut scriptum est : Jacob dilexi, Esau autem odio habui.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Nescitis quoniam, qui sacra operantur, quae de sacrario sunt, edunt; qui altari deserviunt, cum altari participantur?

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they: 1 Corinthians 10:18, Leviticus 6:16-18, Leviticus 6:26, Leviticus 7:6-8, Numbers 5:9, Numbers 5:10, Numbers 18:8-20, Deuteronomy 10:9, Deuteronomy 18:1-5, 1 Samuel 2:28

live: or, feed

Reciprocal: Genesis 47:22 - for the priests Leviticus 5:13 - shall be Leviticus 7:9 - shall be Leviticus 7:32 - General Leviticus 10:15 - for ever Leviticus 22:7 - General Numbers 18:21 - even the service Numbers 31:30 - and give Proverbs 27:18 - keepeth Ezekiel 44:29 - eat Ezekiel 45:5 - the ministers Ezekiel 48:10 - for the priests Joel 1:13 - ye ministers Malachi 1:10 - neither Romans 6:3 - Know 1 Corinthians 3:16 - Know Hebrews 13:10 - an altar

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Do ye not know, that they which minister about holy things,.... Not the priests in the temples of the Heathen deities, as the Ethiopic version suggests; but the priests in the temple at Jerusalem, who were employed in slaying the sacrifices, taking off their skins, cutting them into pieces, laying them in order with the wood upon the altar, and burning them, with other services they there performed, which were well known to the Corinthians, many of this church being Jews:

live of the things of the temple; the tithes and firstfruits, and other oblations, and presents in money or goods, thither brought; nor had they any other way of living and supporting their families; for the priests and Levites had no inheritance among the children of Israel, and therefore provision was made for them in this way:

and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar; some read it, "who sit at the altar"; but none might sit in the temple but a king of the house of David n; the priests and Levites always stood in their ministry, some doing one thing, and some another; some slew the sacrifice, others sprinkled the blood; some took away the ashes, others laid the wood, others brought up the parts of the sacrifice when slain, skinned, and cut asunder, and laid them on the altar o, and these partook with the altar; some parts the altar devoured, being consumed by fire upon it; but then there were other pieces which by law were reserved for the priests, and upon which they and their families lived: hence the distinction of אכילת מזבח, the food of the altar, and אכילת אדם, "the food of man" p; and therefore as it was but just and equitable that persons so employed should be maintained out of the revenues of the temple and altar, it is but right that Gospel ministers should be provided for with a suitable maintenance.

n Bartenora in Misn. Yoma, c. 8. sect. 1. o Misn. Yoma, c. 2. sect. 3. Tamid. c. 3. sect. 1. p Vid. Maimon. & Bartenora in Menachot, c. 3. sect 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Do ye not know ... - In this verse Paul illustrates the doctrine that the ministers of religion were, entitled to a support from the fact that those who were appointed to offer sacrifice receive a maintenance in their work.

They which minister about holy things - Probably the “Levites.” Their office was to render assistance to the priests, to keep guard around the tabernacle, and subsequently around the temple. It was also their duty to see that the temple was kept clean, and to prepare supplies for the sanctuary, such as oil, wine, incense, etc. They had the care of the revenues, and after the time of David were required to sing in the temple, and to play upon instruments. Numbers 3:1-36; Numbers 4:1, Numbers 4:30, Numbers 4:35, Numbers 4:42; Numbers 8:5-22; 1 Chronicles 23:3-5, 1 Chronicles 23:24, 1 Chronicles 23:27; 1 Chronicles 24:20-31.

Live of the things of the temple - Margin, “Feed;” that is, are supported in their work by the offerings of the people, and by the provisions which were made for the temple service; see Numbers 18:24-32.

And they which wait at the altar - Probably the priests who were employed in offering sacrifice.

Are partakers with the altar - That is, a part of the animal offered in sacrifice is burned as an offering to God, and a part becomes the property of the priest for his support; and thus the altar and the priest become joint participators of the sacrifice. From these offerings the priest derived their maintenance; see Numbers 18:8-19; Deuteronomy 18:1, etc. The argument of the apostle here is this: “As the ministers of religion under the Jewish dispensation were entitled to support by the authority and the law of God, that fact settles a general principle which is applicable also to the gospel, that he intends that the ministers of religion should derive their support in their work. If it was reasonable then, it is reasonable now. If God commanded it then, it is to be presumed that he intends to require it now.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Corinthians 9:13. They which minister about holy things — All the officers about the temple, whether priests, Levites, Nethinim, c., had a right to their support while employed in its service. The priests partook of the sacrifices the others had their maintenance from tithes, first fruits, and offerings made to the temple; for it was not lawful for them to live on the sacrifices. Hence the apostle makes the distinction between those who minister about holy things and those who wait at the altar.