Mendicant
Mendicant refers to begging or relying on charitable donations, and is most widely used for religious followers or ascetics who rely exclusively on charity to survive.
In principle, mendicant orders or followers do not own property, either individually or collectively, and have taken a vow of poverty, in order that all their time and energy could be expended on practicing or preaching their religion or way of life and serving the poor.
When the Levites were in the wilderness they were similar to the mendicant monks until the Golden calf was dismantled but they were given land that they held in common when they entered the promised land.
They were also given Breeches by the people.
When the ministers of Christ were sent out without purse for a season they were mendicant.
- Mark 6:8 And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
- Luke 10:4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
But later like the Levites who came out with little or nothing of their national right to the estate of the the Walled_camp of the Golden_calf they were allowed a purse.
- Luke 22:36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take [it], and likewise [his] scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.