Deuteronomy 18:1-7 ▼

1 |The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, will not have a portion or an inheritance within Israel. Instead, they will eat the burnt offerings of the LORD, because that is their inheritance.

2 But they will not have an inheritance among their relatives, because the LORD alone is their inheritance—as he promised them.|

3 |A portion of what the people offer in sacrifice, whether cattle or sheep, is to be due the priests. They must set aside the shoulder, jowls, and stomach for the priest.

4 Give them the first gatherings of your grain, wine, oil, and wool from the shearing of your flock.

5 For the LORD your God has chosen them and their descendants from among your tribes to stand and serve in the name of the LORD all their lives.|

6 |Any descendant of Levi who wishes to do so may come from any city or part of Israel where he resides to the place that the LORD will choose.

7 There he may serve in the name of the LORD his God. Like his fellow descendants of Levi who stand there in the LORD's presence,