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.
10. There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, anyone who practices divination, an omen reader, a soothsayer, a sorcerer,
11. one who casts spells, one who conjures up spirits, a practitioner of the occult, or a necromancer.
12. Whoever does these things is abhorrent to the Lord and because of these detestable things the Lord your God is about to drive them out from before you.