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“Now if a Levite comes from any of your cities throughout Israel where he resides, and comes whenever [a]he wishes to [the sanctuary] the place which the Lord chooses; then he shall serve in the name of the Lord his God, like all his fellow Levites who [b]stand there before the Lord. They shall have [c]equal portions to eat, except what they receive from the sale of their fathers’ estates.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 18:6 Lit it pleases his soul.
  2. Deuteronomy 18:7 The literal Hebrew here is “stand before the face of,” and in this context it implies “stand ready to serve.”
  3. Deuteronomy 18:8 They were to share equally in the benefits of the priesthood.

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