The Portion of the Priests and Levites

18 “The priests, the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—shall have [a]no part nor (A)inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and His portion.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 18:1 no portion

Offerings for Priests and Levites

18 The Levitical(A) priests—indeed, the whole tribe of Levi—are to have no allotment or inheritance with Israel. They shall live on the food offerings(B) presented to the Lord, for that is their inheritance.(C)

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14 (A)Only to the tribe of Levi he had given [a]no inheritance; the sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, (B)as He said to them.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 13:14 no land as a possession

14 But to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance, since the food offerings presented to the Lord, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as he promised them.(A)

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(A)But the Levites have no part among you, for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. (B)And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.”

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The Levites, however, do not get a portion among you, because the priestly service of the Lord is their inheritance.(A) And Gad, Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan. Moses the servant of the Lord gave it to them.(B)

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