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The priests are from the tribe of Levi, and that tribe will not receive a share of the land with the Israelites. They will eat the offerings made to the Lord by fire, which is their share.
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They will not inherit any of the land like their brothers, but they will inherit the Lord himself, as he has promised them.
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When you offer a bull or sheep as a sacrifice, you must share with the priests, giving them the shoulder, the cheeks, and the inner organs.
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Give them the first of your grain, new wine, and oil, as well as the first wool you cut from your sheep.
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The Lord your God has chosen the priests and their descendants out of all your tribes to stand and serve the Lord always.
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If a Levite moves from one of your towns anywhere in Israel where he lives and comes to the place the Lord will choose, because he wants to serve the Lord there,
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he may serve the Lord his God. He will be like his fellow Levites who serve there before the Lord.
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They all will have an equal share of the food. That is separate from what he has received from the sale of family possessions.
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When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, don't learn to do the hateful things the other nations do.