1. The Levitical priests – indeed, the entire tribe of Levi – will have no allotment or inheritance with Israel; they may eat the burnt offerings of the Lord and of his inheritance.
2. They will have no inheritance in the midst of their fellow Israelites; the Lord alone is their inheritance, just as he had told them.
3. This shall be the priests’ fair allotment from the people who offer sacrifices, whether bull or sheep – they must give to the priest the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.
4. You must give them the best of your grain, new wine, and olive oil, as well as the best of your wool when you shear your flocks.
5. For the Lord your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand and serve in his name permanently.
6. Suppose a Levite comes by his own free will from one of your villages, from any part of Israel where he is living, to the place the Lord chooses
7. and serves in the name of the Lord his God like his fellow Levites who stand there before the Lord.
8. He must eat the same share they do, despite any profits he may gain from the sale of his family’s inheritance.
9. When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.