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"The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, shall not have a portion or inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the LORD'S offerings by fire and His property.

The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance.

"They shall not have an inheritance among their countrymen; the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.

Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.

"Now this shall be the priests' portion from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, either an ox or a sheep: they shall give the priest the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the stomach.

And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

"You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, your new wine, and your oil, and the first fleece of your sheep.

The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

"For the LORD your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes, to stand to serve in the name of the LORD always.

For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord , him and his sons for ever.

"Now if a Levite comes from any of your towns throughout Israel where he resides, and he comes whenever he desires to the place which the LORD chooses,

And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the Lord shall choose;

then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God, like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.

Then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the Lord .

"They shall eat equal portions, except for what they receive from the sale of their fathers' estates.

They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.