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Chapter 18

The priests who are Levites,[a] in fact, the whole tribe of Levi, will have no portion nor inheritance with Israel. They can eat from the burnt offerings made to the Lord, that is their inheritance. They will have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord is their inheritance, as he has promised them.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 18:1 The priests who are Levites: an expression characteristic of Deuteronomy (17:9, 18; 21:5; 24:8; 27:9; 31:9). See the distinction between priests and simple Levites in Num 18. In Deuteronomy all the Levites are priests.

Offerings for Priests and Levites

18 The Levitical(A) priests—indeed, the whole tribe of Levi—are to have no allotment or inheritance with Israel. They shall live on the food offerings(B) presented to the Lord, for that is their inheritance.(C) They shall have no inheritance among their fellow Israelites; the Lord is their inheritance,(D) as he promised them.(E)

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