利未記7:1-10

7:1 「贖愆祭的條例乃是如此：這祭是至聖的。
7:2 人在那裡宰燔祭牲，也要在那裡宰贖愆祭牲；其血，祭司要灑在壇的周圍。
7:3 又要將肥尾巴和蓋臟的脂油，
7:4 兩個腰子和腰子上的脂油，就是靠腰兩旁的脂油，並肝上的網子和腰子，一概取下。
7:5 祭司要在壇上焚燒，為獻給耶和華的火祭，是贖愆祭。
7:6 祭司中的男丁都可以吃這祭物；要在聖處吃，是至聖的。
7:7 贖罪祭怎樣，贖愆祭也是怎樣，兩個祭是一個條例。獻贖愆祭贖罪的祭司要得這祭物。
7:8 獻燔祭的祭司，無論為誰奉獻，要親自得他所獻那燔祭牲的皮。
7:9 凡在爐中烤的素祭和煎盤中做的，並鐵鏊上做的，都要歸那獻祭的祭司。
7:10 凡素祭，無論是油調和的是乾的，都要歸亞倫的子孫，大家均分。」

 “‘These are the regulations for the guilt offering, which is most holy: ² The guilt offering is to be slaughtered in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, and its blood is to be splashed against the sides of the altar. ³ All its fat shall be offered: the fat tail and the fat that covers the internal organs, ⁴ both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which is to be removed with the kidneys. ⁵ The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering presented to the Lord. It is a guilt offering. ⁶ Any male in a priest’s family may eat it, but it must be eaten in the sanctuary area; it is most holy.

⁷ “‘The same law applies to both the sin offering^[a] and the guilt offering: They belong to the priest who makes atonement with them. ⁸ The priest who offers a burnt offering for anyone may keep its hide for himself. ⁹ Every grain offering baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who offers it, ¹⁰ and every grain offering, whether mixed with olive oil or dry, belongs equally to all the sons of Aaron.

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    祭司承受聖職，雖然沒有產業，上帝就是他們的產業，可以享受以色列人所獻的祭物，即使是燔祭，也可以得著燔祭牲的皮，這是多麼大的恩典！因此，事奉上帝的人，不要為生計感到缺乏，上帝必定有預備的！

    詩人大衛也是這樣稱頌上帝：「耶和華是我的產業，是我杯中的分；我所得的，你為我持守。用繩量給我的地界，坐落在佳美之處；我的產業實在美好。我必稱頌那指教我的耶和華；我的心腸在夜間也警戒我。」(詩篇16:5-7)

    也因為這樣，我們不要問上帝為何讓我們感到缺乏，反倒要問自己是不是好好愛上帝，是否將上帝看為人生最重要的？有沒有好好愛上帝，以上帝為我們的牧者？詩人大衛也說過：「耶和華是我的牧者，我必不致缺乏。」(詩篇23:1)