44:28 「祭司必有產業,我是他們的產業。不可在以色列中給他們基業;我是他們的基業。
44:29 素祭、贖罪祭,和贖愆祭他們都可以吃,以色列中一切永獻的物都要歸他們。
44:30 首先初熟之物和一切所獻的供物都要歸給祭司。你們也要用初熟的麥子磨麵給祭司;這樣,福氣就必臨到你們的家了。
44:31 無論是鳥是獸,凡自死的,或是撕裂的,祭司都不可吃。」
28 "This shall be their inheritance:I
am their inheritance:and you shall give them no possession in Israel; I am
their possession. 29 They shall eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and
the guilt offering, and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs. 30 And
the first of all the firstfruits of all kinds, and every offering of all kinds
from all your offerings, shall belong to the priests. You shall also give to
the priests the first of your dough, that a blessing may rest on your house. 31
The priests shall not eat of anything, whether bird or beast, that has died of
itself or is torn by wild animals.
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這個宣告對教會的牧者有重大的意義,牧者要像以前的祭司一般放心事奉,因為耶和華事我們的分,我們的產業!上帝要將一切的美物透過弟兄姊妹,來賞賜我們,使我們感謝領受,榮耀歸上帝
也因此,牧者要為經濟求告上帝給於足夠之供應,但另一方面也要相信上帝一定能夠供應我們十分豐富,超過我們所求所想。
有一個牧者說得很好:我們要的是東西,不是要錢;前只不過是數字,東西比較實際!也因此,提供牧者東西是勝過金錢的,正如這裡說道:「首先初熟之物和一切所獻的供物都要歸給祭司。你們也要用初熟的麥子磨麵給祭司;這樣,福氣就必臨到你們的家了。」