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Priests and Levites[a]

18 The priests and the whole tribe of Levi will have no land for themselves, as the other Israelite tribes do. Instead, they may eat the meat from the sacrifices that belong to the Lord. They will receive no land among the other Israelites. The Lord himself is the one who gives them everything that they need. He has promised to do that for them.

When you bring a bull or a sheep as a sacrifice to the Lord, give the priests their part. You must give them the animal's shoulder, the meat from its face, and its stomach.

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Footnotes

  1. 18:1 Priests were descendants of Aaron, who was a Levite. So all the priests were Levites.