1. “The tribe of Levi will not get any share of land in Israel. The priests come from that tribe and they will eat the special sacrifices that are offered as gifts to the Lord. That is the share for the people from the tribe of Levi.
2. The tribe of Levi will not get any share of land like the other tribes. Their share is the Lord himself, as he said to them.
3. “When you kill one of your sheep or cattle for a sacrifice, you must give the priests these parts: the shoulder, both cheeks, and the stomach.
4. You must give the priests the first part of your harvest. You must give them the first part of your grain, your new wine, and your oil. You must give the Levites the first wool cut from your sheep.
5. This is because the Lord your God looked at all your tribes and chose Levi and his descendants to serve him as priests forever.
6. “Any Levite living in any town anywhere in Israel may leave his home and come to the Lord’S special place. He may do this anytime he wants.
7. And this Levite may serve in the name of the Lord his God, the same as all his brother Levites who are on duty before the Lord.
8. And that Levite will get an equal share with the other Levites, in addition to the share his family normally gets.
9. “When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, don’t learn to do the terrible things the people of the other nations there do.