Deuteronomy 10:8-10

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⁸ At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to serve Him and to bless in His name until this day. ⁹ Therefore, Levi does not have a portion or inheritance [of tribal land] with his brothers; ^[a]the Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord your God ^[b]has promised him.)

¹⁰ “And I stayed on the mountain, like the first time, forty days and nights, and the Lord listened to me at that time also; the Lord was not willing to destroy you.