Do ye not know, &c. In further support of the justice of the claim in question, I might remind you of the provision which God made for the priests and Levites under the Mosaic law; that they which minister about holy things As, 1st, the Levites, who perform the various servile offices relating to the temple service; live Are supported by; the things of the temple Have their maintenance, in a great measure, from the offerings, tithes, &c., brought thither; And, 2d, they which wait at the altar The priests, who are chiefly employed in offering the sacrifices at the altar; are partakers with the altar Have a portion allotted them of the sacrifices offered upon it. Even so According to the equity of that law; hath the Lord Christ ordained Namely, Luke 10:7-8; Matthew 10:11; that they which preach the gospel should live by the gospel Should be supported by those to whom they preach it.
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1 Corinthians 9:13-14
13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things liveb of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.