Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Unlike the covenant made with David son of Jesse, from the tribe of Judah, where the kingship passed only from father to son, the priesthood was to pass from Aaron to all his descendants. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And he added glory to Aaron, and gave him an inheritance, and divided unto him the firstfruits of the increase of the earth. Sirach 45:23The Lord God saw and it pleased him not, and they were consumed in his wrathful indignation. Sirach 45:24 He wrought wonders upon them, and consumed them with a flame of fire. Sirach 45:26 He prepared them bread in the first place unto fulness: for the sacrifices also of the Lord they shall eat, which he gave to him, and to his seed. Sirach 45:27 But he shall not inherit among the people in the land, and he hath no portion among the people: for he himself is his portion and inheritance. Context Sirach 45…24He wrought wonders upon them, and consumed them with a flame of fire. 25And he added glory to Aaron, and gave him an inheritance, and divided unto him the firstfruits of the increase of the earth. 26He prepared them bread in the first place unto fulness: for the sacrifices also of the Lord they shall eat, which he gave to him, and to his seed.… Cross References Sirach 45:23 The Lord God saw and it pleased him not, and they were consumed in his wrathful indignation. Sirach 45:24 He wrought wonders upon them, and consumed them with a flame of fire. Sirach 45:26 He prepared them bread in the first place unto fulness: for the sacrifices also of the Lord they shall eat, which he gave to him, and to his seed. Sirach 45:27 But he shall not inherit among the people in the land, and he hath no portion among the people: for he himself is his portion and inheritance. |