⁹ You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Ask, and they will give you a verdict in the case.

¹⁸ When he is seated on his royal throne, he is to write a copy of this instruction for himself on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.

Provisions for the Levites

18 “The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, will have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They will eat the Lord’s food offerings; that is their^[a][b] inheritance.

⁹ Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the Lord’s covenant, and to all the elders of Israel.

³³ All Israel—resident alien and citizen alike—with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on either side of the ark of the Lord’s covenant facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of them were in front of Mount Gerizim and half in front of Mount Ebal,^(A) as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded earlier concerning blessing the people of Israel.^(B)

¹⁸ Then Jehoiada put the oversight of the Lord’s temple into the hands of the Levitical priests,^(A) whom David had appointed^(B) over the Lord’s temple, to offer burnt offerings to the Lord as it is written in the law of Moses,^(C) with rejoicing and song ordained by^[a] David.

¹⁸ The Levitical priests will never fail to have a man always before me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to make sacrifices.”^(A)

²¹ then also my covenant with my servant David^(A) may be broken. If that could happen, then he would not have a son reigning on his throne and the Levitical priests would not be my ministers.^(B)