They made disbursements to the priests listed in the genealogical records by their families, and to the Levites twenty years old and up, according to their duties as assigned to their divisions,

They also had a few small fish. After giving thanks for these, he told them to serve these as well.

But ¹  when a stronger man ²  attacks ³  and conquers him, he takes away the first man’s ⁴  armor on which the man relied ⁵  and divides up ⁶  his plunder. ⁷ 

So the twelve ¹  called ²  the whole group ³  of the disciples together and said, “It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables. ⁴ 

These are the ones whom the Lord commanded to divide up the inheritance among the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

The Israelites followed the Lord’s instructions to Moses and divided up the land. ¹ 

They were assigned to the Kohathite clans of the Levites who were descendants of Aaron, ¹  for the first lot belonged to them.

He will demand a tenth of your seed and of the produce of your vineyards and give it to his administrators ¹  and his servants.

They allotted these previously named cities from the territory of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. ¹ 

It will be their portion from the allotment of the land, a most holy place, next to the border of the Levites.

Then ¹  he took a cup, ²  and after giving thanks he said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves.

The Father loves the Son and has placed all things under his authority. ¹ 

Tell them to do good, ¹  to be rich in good deeds, to be generous givers, sharing with others. ² 

And do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, ¹  for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

Nevertheless, ¹  as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.

Jehoiada then assigned the duties of the Lord’s temple to the priests, the Levites whom David had assigned to the Lord’s temple. They were responsible for offering burnt sacrifices to the Lord with joy and music, according to ¹  the law of Moses and the edict of David.

You must allot it as an inheritance among yourselves and for the foreigners who reside among you, who have fathered sons among you. You must treat them as native-born among the people of Israel; they will be allotted an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. ¹ 

Shortly after his rise to power, ¹  his kingdom will be broken up and distributed toward the four winds of the sky ²  – but not to his posterity or with the authority he exercised, for his kingdom will be uprooted and distributed to others besides these.

He will attack ¹  mighty fortresses, aided by ²  a foreign deity. To those who recognize him he will grant considerable honor. He will place them in authority over many people, and he will parcel out land for a price. ³ 

Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan as payment ¹  for the grain they were buying. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s palace. ²