They shall eat equal portions, except what they receive from the sale of their fathers' estates.I have to admit, I'm kind of lost on this verse. I don't know what he's trying to say, so I'm going to try to reason it out here.
First of all, what do they mean by the fathers' estates? This is regarding the Levites, who have not inheritance among the people. However, this is talking about those Levites who do not live/work at the temple. So they must live in the other cities set aside for the Levites throughout the land. Those people would have homes, and lands around them for their flocks, which means their fathers could well have estates.
The people talked about here are those Levites who have decided to leave their homes, and go serve in the temple, presumably on a long-term basis if they're selling their inheritance. If they sell their inheritance, that means they would go to their service in the temple with money. I guess that means that they are to use that money to pay for their expenses for as long as it lasts, rather than take a "salary" from the temple proceeds, and therefore ensure that all the Levites at the temple are on an equal footing.
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