⁶ If a Levite who’s living in one of your cities anywhere in Israel decides he really wants to go and live in the place the Eternal will choose, ⁷ he must be allowed to serve in the name of the Eternal his God, like all of the other Levites who are already serving there in the Eternal’s presence. ⁸ He must be given an equal share of the contributions to eat, apart from anything he earns for performing priestly services.^[a]