⁸ At that time ^(A)the Lord ^[a]separated the tribe of Levi ^(B)to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, ^(C)to stand before the Lord to minister to Him and ^(D)to bless in His name, to this day.

^9 (A)Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, just as the Lord your God promised him.)

¹² And ^(A)you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your male and female servants, and the ^(B)Levite who is within your gates, since he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

²⁷ You shall not ^[a]forsake the ^(A)Levite who is within your gates, for he has no part nor inheritance with you.

^28 (B)“At the end of every third year you shall bring out the ^(C)tithe of your produce of that year and store it up within your gates. ²⁹ And the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are within your gates, may come and eat and be satisfied, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

The Portion of the Priests and Levites

18 “The priests, the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—shall have ^[a]no part nor ^(A)inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and His portion.

² Therefore they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord is their inheritance, as He said to them.

^14 (A)Only to the tribe of Levi he had given ^[a]no inheritance; the sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, ^(B)as He said to them.

^33 (A)But to the tribe of Levi Moses had given no inheritance; the Lord God of Israel was their inheritance, ^(B)as He had said to them.