33 And if a man purchases a house from the Levites, then the house that was sold in the city of his possession shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

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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. Therefore they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord is their inheritance, as He said to them.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 18:1 no portion

20 Then the Lord said to Aaron: “You shall have (A)no inheritance in their land, nor shall you have any portion among them; (B)I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.

Tithes for Support of the Levites

21 “Behold, (C)I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel as [a]an inheritance in return for the work which they perform, (D)the work of the tabernacle of meeting. 22 (E)Hereafter the children of Israel shall not come near the tabernacle of meeting, (F)lest they bear sin and die. 23 But the Levites shall perform the work of the tabernacle of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a statute forever, throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. 24 For the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer up as a heave offering to the Lord, I have given to the Levites [b]as an inheritance; therefore I have said to them, ‘Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 18:21 a possession
  2. Numbers 18:24 for a possession

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