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Joseph and a scribe establish the grain statute, with priests standing apart.
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Genesis 47:26

A Standing Statute

Goshen, Famine, and a Father’s Oath · Genesis 47

Story guide: The fifth becomes a standing statute, with the priests’ land excepted.

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26So Joseph made it a statute that stands to this day concerning the land of Egypt: the fifth is for Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests alone did not become Pharaoh’s.

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