⁷ When the sun goes down he shall be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy things, because ^(A)they are his food.

²² He may eat the bread of his God, both of ^(A)the most holy and of the ^(B)holy things,

¹³ Do you not know that ^(A)those who are employed in the temple service get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the sacrificial offerings? ¹⁴ In the same way, the Lord commanded that ^(B)those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.

^4 (A)Do we not have the right to eat and drink?

³ And this shall be the priests' due from the people, from those offering a sacrifice, whether an ox or a sheep: ^(A)they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the two cheeks and the stomach. ^4 (B)The firstfruits of your grain, of your wine and of your oil, and the first fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.

¹¹ This also is yours: the contribution of their gift, all the ^(A)wave offerings of the people of Israel. I have given them to ^(B)you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual due. ^(C)Everyone who is clean in your house may eat it. ^12 (D)All the best of the oil and all the best of the wine and of the grain, ^(E)the firstfruits of what they give to the Lord, I give to you. ¹³ The first ripe fruits of all that is in their land, ^(F)which they bring to the Lord, shall be yours. ^(G)Everyone who is clean in your house may eat it. ^14 (H)Every devoted thing in Israel shall be yours. ^15 (I)Everything that opens the womb of all flesh, whether man or beast, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours. Nevertheless, ^(J)the firstborn of man you shall redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem. ¹⁶ And their redemption price ^(K)(at a month old you shall redeem them) you shall fix at five shekels^[a] in silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, ^(L)which is twenty gerahs. ^17 (M)But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and shall burn their fat as a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord. ¹⁸ But their flesh shall be yours, as ^(N)the breast that is waved and as the right thigh are yours. ^19 (O)All the holy contributions that the people of Israel present to the Lord I give to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual due. ^(P)It is a covenant of salt forever before the Lord for you and for your offspring with you.”