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“Any Levite living in any town anywhere in Israel may leave his home and come to the Lord’s special place. He may do this anytime he wants. And this Levite may serve in the name of the Lord his God, the same as all his brother Levites who are on duty before the Lord. And that Levite will get an equal share with the other Levites, in addition to the share his family normally gets.[a]

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  1. Deuteronomy 18:8 in addition … gets Or “without regard to gifts from family and friends.”

If a Levite moves from one of your towns anywhere in Israel where he is living, and comes in all earnestness to the place the Lord will choose,(A) he may minister in the name(B) of the Lord his God like all his fellow Levites who serve there in the presence of the Lord. He is to share equally in their benefits, even though he has received money from the sale of family possessions.(C)

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