Deuteronomy 18:1-8 - Provisions For The Levites

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, and oil, as well as 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, ⁸ he may eat the same share as they do regardless of what he receives from his ancestral estate."