Deuteronomy 18:1-7 ▼

1 “The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel; they shall eat of the offerings to Yahweh by fire and of His inheritance.

2 And they shall have no inheritance among their brothers; Yahweh is their inheritance, as He promised them.

3 “Now this shall be the legal judgment for the priests taken from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, either an ox or a sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the two cheeks and the stomach.

4 You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, your new wine and your oil and the first shearing of your sheep.

5 For Yahweh your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh all the days.

6 “Now if a Levite comes from any of your gates of the towns throughout Israel where he sojourns and comes whenever he desires to the place which Yahweh chooses,

7 then he shall minister in the name of Yahweh his God like all his brothers the Levites who stand there before Yahweh.