Deuteronomy 18:1-8

Evangelical Heritage Version

The Inheritance of the Levites

18 The priests, who are Levites, as well as the whole tribe of Levi, will not have any allotted inheritance with Israel. They will eat from the offerings made to the Lord by fire,^[a] which is their inheritance.

² So they will not have an inheritance among their brothers. The Lord is their inheritance, as he promised them.

³ This then will be the prescribed allotment for the priests from the people who offer sacrifices, whether an ox or a sheep: They are to give to the priests the shoulder, both cheeks, and the stomach. ⁴ You are also to give them the firstfruits from your grain, your new wine, your fresh oil, and the first fleece from your flock. ⁵ For the Lord your God has chosen them from all of your tribes to stand in service in the name of the Lord—them and their sons for all time.

⁶ When a Levite comes from any of your towns throughout Israel where he resides, and whenever he follows his heart’s desire and comes to the place that the Lord will choose, ⁷ and he serves in the name of the Lord your God, standing there before the Lord like all of his fellow Levites, ⁸ then he may eat the same portion, regardless of any income he received from selling family property.