Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.
The five
The ministers
For a possession
General references
Bible References
The five
Ezekiel 48:10
These will be the allotments for the holy portion: for the priests, toward the north eight and a quarter miles in length, toward the west three and one-third miles in width, toward the east three and one-third miles in width, and toward the south eight and a quarter miles in length; the sanctuary of the Lord will be in the middle.
The ministers
1 Corinthians 9:13
Don't you know that those who serve in the temple eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings?
For a possession
Ezekiel 40:17
Then he brought me to the outer court. I saw chambers there, and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement.
1 Chronicles 9:26
The four head gatekeepers, who were Levites, were assigned to guard the storerooms and treasuries in God's sanctuary.
Nehemiah 10:38
A priest of Aaron's line will be with the Levites when the Levites collect the tithes, and the Levites will bring up a tenth of the tithes to the temple of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury.
General references
Jeremiah 33:18
Nor will the Levitical priests ever lack someone to stand before me and continually offer up burnt offerings, sacrifice cereal offerings, and offer the other sacrifices."'"