Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
minister about holy things—the Jewish priests and Levites. The Greek especially applies to the former, the priests offering sacrifices.
partakers with the altar—a part of the victims going to the service of the altar, and the rest being shared by the priests (Leviticus 7:6; Numbers 18:6, etc.; Deuteronomy 18:1, etc.).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Corinthians 9:13:
Deuteronomy 18:6-8
Joel 1:13
Malachi 1:10
1 Corinthians 9:4
1 Corinthians 9:14
1 Corinthians 9:15
2 Corinthians 11:7
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