Thematic Bible: Exempts the priests from the exactions
Thematic Bible
Joseph » Son of jacob » Exempts the priests from the exactions
Only the land of the priests he did not buy, for the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh, and they lived off the allotment which Pharaoh gave them. Therefore, they did not sell their land.
Verse Concepts
Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt valid to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh’s.
Verse Concepts