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 bought not; for to the priests a portion from Pharaoh, and they ate their portion which Pharaoh gave to them; for this they sold not their lands.
And Joseph set it for an ordinance to this day, of the land of Egypt, for a fifth to Pharaoh; only the land of the priests alone was not to Pharaoh.