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"The priests, the Levites--all the tribe of Levi--shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and His portion.
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Therefore they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord is their inheritance, as He said to them.
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"And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it is bull or sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder, the cheeks, and the stomach.
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The firstfruits of your grain and your new wine and your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.
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For the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons forever.
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"So if a Levite comes from any of your gates, from where he dwells among all Israel, and comes with all the desire of his mind to the place which the Lord chooses,
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then he may serve in the name of the Lord his God as all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before the Lord.
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They shall have equal portions to eat, besides what comes from the sale of his inheritance.
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"When you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations.