Deuteronomy 18:1-7 ▼

1 “The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, will have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They will eat the LORD’s food offerings; that is their inheritance.

2 Although Levi has no inheritance among his brothers, the LORD is his inheritance, as he promised him.

3 This is the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether it is an ox, a sheep, or a goat; the priests are to be given the shoulder, jaws, and stomach.

4 You are to give him the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and fresh oil, and the first sheared wool of your flock.

5 For the LORD your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes to stand and minister in his name from now on.

6 When a Levite leaves one of your towns in Israel where he was staying and wants to go to the place the LORD chooses,

7 he may serve in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who minister there in the presence of the LORD.