1. The priests the Levites, all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel. They shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire and his portion.
2. They shall have no inheritance amongst their brothers. the Lord is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them.
3. This shall be the priests’ due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give to the priest the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the inner parts.
4. The first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.
5. For the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the Lord’s name, him and his sons forever.
6. If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel, where he lives as a foreigner, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which the Lord shall choose;
7. then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before the Lord.
8. They shall have like portions to eat, in addition to that which comes from the sale of his family possessions.
9. When you have come into the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the abominations of those nations.
10. There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices sorcery, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
11. or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
12. For whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. Because of these abominations, the Lord your God drives them out from before you.