1. "The priests and the Levites, and all who are from the same tribe, shall have no portion or inheritance with the rest of Israel. For they shall eat the sacrifices of the Lord and his oblations.
2. And they shall receive nothing else from the possession of their brothers. For the Lord himself is their inheritance, just as he said to them.
3. This shall be the recompense for the priests from the people, and from those who offer victims, whether they will immolate an ox or a sheep. They shall give to the priest the shoulder and the breast,
4. the first-fruits of grain, wine, and oil, and a portion of the wool from the shearing of the sheep.
5. For the Lord your God himself has chosen him out of all your tribes, so that he may stand and minister to the name of the Lord, him and his sons, forever.
6. If a Levite departs from one of the cities, throughout all of Israel, in which he lives, and if he wills and desires to go to the place which the Lord will choose,
7. he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as do all his brothers, the Levites, who will be standing at that time in the sight of the Lord.
8. He shall receive the same portion of food as the rest also receive, besides that which is due to him in his own city, by succession from his fathers.
9. When you will have entered into the land which the Lord your God will give to you, be careful that you are not willing to imitate the abominations of those nations.