Deuteronomy 18:1-8 ▼

1 There shall not be to the priests, the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—a portion or inheritance with Israel; and the fire offerings of YHWH, His inheritance, they shall eat.

2 And unto them shall be no inheritance among their brothers; YHWH is their inheritance, as He has spoken to them.

3 And this shall be the right of the priest from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it is a bull or a sheep; and he shall give to the priest the shoulder, and the cheeks, and the stomach.

4 The firstfruits of your grain, and your new wine, and your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give to him.

5 For YHWH your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in the name of YHWH—he and his sons, for all the days.

6 And if a Levite comes from one of your gates among all Israel, from where he dwells, and he comes with all the desire of his soul to the place that YHWH chooses,

7 he may serve in the name of YHWH his God, as all his brothers the Levites who stand there before the face of YHWH.

8 Equal portions they shall have to eat, besides the sale by him of that of the fathers.