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“Any Levite who wants to may come from any town in Israel to the one place of worship and may serve there as a priest of the Lord his God, like the other Levites who are serving there. He is to receive the same amount of food as the other priests, and he may keep whatever his family sends him.[a]

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  1. Deuteronomy 18:8 Probable text and he may keep … sends him; Hebrew unclear.

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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