Κεφ. ιγ΄. — CHAP. XIII.

Κεφ. ιγ΄. — CHAP. XIII.

Prophets and teachers are here spoken of as resident ministers, entitled to maintenance. They were to have the first-fruits of everything. Σιτία, in Classic Greek, is the plural of σιτίον, meaning “food” in general. Here, as in the Byzantine Greek, it is a singular noun, and means “batch,” or “baking of bread.”