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Originally Posted by mfblume
Agreed, but that is due to their culture in part. I think it's missing the forest for the trees to focus on what hey received to live compared to our day. They received livelihood.
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But that's the point of disagreement. One side is saying that salaries were in fact part of the culture but the priests received food and lodging, not a salary. Therefore salaries were excluded intentionally.
By salary I mean income paid in money.