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1 "The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, will have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They will eat the Lord's fire offerings; that is their inheritance.
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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 Although Levi has no inheritance among his brothers, the Lord is his inheritance, as He promised him.
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They shall have no inheritance among their fellow Israelites; the LORD is their inheritance, as he promised them.
3 This is the priests' share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether it is an ox, a sheep, or a goat; the priests are to be given the shoulder, jaws, and 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 are to give him the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first sheared [wool] of your flock.
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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 minister in the Lord's name from now on.
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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 When a Levite leaves one of your towns where he lives in Israel and wants to go to the place 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 he may serve in the name of the Lord his God like all his fellow Levites who minister there in the presence of 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 will eat equal portions besides what he has received from the sale of the family estate.
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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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