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The levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no allotment or inheritance within Israel. They may eat the sacrifices that are the Lord's portion
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but they shall have no inheritance among the other members of the community; the Lord is their inheritance, as he promised them.
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This shall be the priests' due from the people, from those offering a sacrifice, whether an ox or a sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder, the two jowls, and the stomach.
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The first fruits of your grain, your wine, and your oil, as well as the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.
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For the Lord your God has chosen Levi out of all your tribes, to stand and minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for all time.
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If a Levite leaves any of your towns, from wherever he has been residing in Israel, and comes to the place that the Lord will choose (and he may come whenever he wishes),
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then he may minister in the name of the Lord his God, like all his fellow-Levites who stand to minister there before the Lord.
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They shall have equal portions to eat, even though they have income from the sale of family possessions.
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When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you must not learn to imitate the abhorrent practices of those nations.
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No one shall be found among you who makes a son or daughter pass through fire, or who practices divination, or is a soothsayer, or an augur, or a sorcerer,