Deuteronomy 12:19

Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity

¹⁸ You must eat them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place the Lord your God chooses—you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, and the Levite who is within your gates. Rejoice before the Lord your God in everything you do, ¹⁹ and be careful not to neglect the Levite, as long as you live in your land. ²⁰ “When the Lord your God enlarges your territory as He has promised you, and you say, ‘I want to eat meat’ because you have a strong desire to eat meat, you may eat it whenever you want.

As Long as You Live

Be Careful

Do Not Forsake

Take Heed

As You Live

Forsake Not

Not Give Up

Levi

Levites

Deuteronomy 14:27-29

Do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

2 Chronicles 11:13-14

The priests and Levites from all their regions throughout Israel took their stand with Rehoboam,

2 Chronicles 31:4-21

He told the people who lived in Jerusalem to give a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote their energy to the law of the Lord.

Nehemiah 10:34-39

We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our ancestral houses at the appointed times each year. They are to bring the wood to our God’s house to burn on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law.

1 Corinthians 9:10-14

Or isn’t He really saying it for us? Yes, this is written for us, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes should do so in hope of sharing the crop.