You are to give him the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and fresh oil,(A) and the first sheared wool of your flock. For the Lord your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes to stand and minister in his name from now on.[a] When a Levite leaves one of your towns in Israel where he was staying and wants to go to the place the Lord chooses,

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  1. 18:5 Lit name all the days

You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the first wool from the shearing of your sheep,(A) for the Lord your God has chosen them(B) and their descendants out of all your tribes to stand and minister(C) in the Lord’s name always.(D)

If a Levite moves from one of your towns anywhere in Israel where he is living, and comes in all earnestness to the place the Lord will choose,(E)

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