Treasury of Scripture
thou shalt have. The principal part of what was offered to God was the portion of the priests; who had no inheritance of land in Israel. The Rabbins say,
Numbers 18:24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit...
gifts were given to the priests; all of which are expressed in the law. Eight were only eaten in the sanctuary:
1.The flesh of the sin-offering.
2. The flesh of the trespass-offering.
3.The peace-offering of the congregation.
4.The remainder of the sheaf.
5.The remnants of the meat-offerings.
6.The two loaves.
7.The shew-bread.
8.The log of oil offered by the leper. Five they ate only at Jerusalem:
1.The breast and shoulder of the peace-offerings.
2. The heave-offering of confession.
3.The heave-offering of the Nazarite's ram.
4.The firstling.
5.The first-fruits. Five were due to them only in the land of Israel:
1.The heave-offering of first-fruits.
2. Of the tithe.
3.The cake.
4.The first of the fleece.
5.The field of possession. Five were due both within and without the land:
1.The gifts of slain beasts.
2. The redemption of the first-born.
3.The lamb for a firstling ass.
4.That taken by violence from a stranger.
5.All devoted things. One was from the sanctuary, the skins. no inheritance.
Numbers 18:23,24 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity...
Numbers 26:62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward...
Deuteronomy 10:9 Why Levi has no part nor inheritance with his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD your God promised him.
Deuteronomy 12:12 And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants...
Deuteronomy 14:27,29 And the Levite that is within your gates; you shall not forsake him; for he has no part nor inheritance with you...
Joshua 14:3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan...
I am thy part
Deuteronomy 18:1,2 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel...
Joshua 13:14,33 Only to the tribes of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance...
Joshua 14:3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan...
Joshua 18:7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben...
Psalm 16:5 The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: you maintain my lot.
Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart fails: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Psalm 142:5 I cried to you, O LORD: I said, You are my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
Lamentations 3:24 The LORD is my portion, said my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
Ezekiel 44:28 And it shall be to them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and you shall give them no possession in Israel...
1 Corinthians 3:21-23 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours...
Revelation 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them...