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1 "The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the LORD'S offerings by fire and His portion.
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The Levitical priests—indeed, the whole tribe of Levi—are to have no allotment or inheritance with Israel. They shall live on the food offerings presented to the LORD, for that is their inheritance.
2 "They shall have no inheritance among their countrymen; the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.
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They shall have no inheritance among their fellow Israelites; the LORD is their inheritance, as he promised them.
3 "Now this shall be the priests' due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, either an ox or a sheep, of which they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the two cheeks and the stomach.
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This is the share due the priests from the people who sacrifice a bull or a sheep: the shoulder, the internal organs and the meat from the head.
4 "You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, your new wine, and your oil, and the first shearing of your sheep.
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You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the first wool from the shearing of your sheep,
5 "For the LORD your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes, to stand and serve in the name of the LORD forever .
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for the LORD your God has chosen them and their descendants out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the LORD’s name always.
6 "Now if a Levite comes from any of your towns throughout Israel where he resides, and comes whenever he desires to the place which the LORD chooses,
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If a Levite moves from one of your towns anywhere in Israel where he is living, and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,
7 then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God, like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD .
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he may minister in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who serve there in the presence of the LORD.
8 "They shall eat equal portions, except what they receive from the sale of their fathers' estates.
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He is to share equally in their benefits, even though he has received money from the sale of family possessions.
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