²¹ “I give to the Levites all the tithes^(A) in Israel as their inheritance^(B) in return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting.^(C)

²⁴ Instead, I give to the Levites as their inheritance the tithes that the Israelites present as an offering to the Lord.^(A) That is why I said concerning them: ‘They will have no inheritance among the Israelites.’”

²⁸ At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes^(A) of that year’s produce and store it in your towns,^{(B) 29} so that the Levites (who have no allotment^(C) or inheritance^(D) of their own) and the foreigners,^(E) the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied,^(F) and so that the Lord your God may bless^(G) you in all the work of your hands.

Offerings for Priests and Levites

18 The Levitical^(A) priests—indeed, the whole tribe of Levi—are to have no allotment or inheritance with Israel. They shall live on the food offerings^(B) presented to the Lord, for that is their inheritance.^{(C) 2} They shall have no inheritance among their fellow Israelites; the Lord is their inheritance,^(D) as he promised them.^(E)

³ This is the share due the priests^(F) from the people who sacrifice a bull^(G) or a sheep: the shoulder, the internal organs and the meat from the head.^{(H) 4} You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the first wool from the shearing of your sheep,^{(I) 5} for the Lord your God has chosen them^(J) and their descendants out of all your tribes to stand and minister^(K) in the Lord’s name always.^(L)

¹² When you have finished setting aside a tenth^(A) of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe,^(B) you shall give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied.

¹⁴ But to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance, since the food offerings presented to the Lord, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as he promised them.^(A)

²⁹ They will eat^(A) the grain offerings, the sin offerings and the guilt offerings; and everything in Israel devoted^[a] to the Lord^(B) will belong to them.^{(C) 30} The best of all the firstfruits^(D) and of all your special gifts will belong to the priests. You are to give them the first portion of your ground meal^(E) so that a blessing^(F) may rest on your household.^(G)

⁵ Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people^(A)—that is, from their fellow Israelites—even though they also are descended from Abraham.