⁹ That is why the Levites have no share or inheritance among their fellow Israelites; the Lord is their inheritance,^(A) as the Lord your God told them.)

⁷ The Levites, however, do not get a portion among you, because the priestly service of the Lord is their inheritance.^(A) And Gad, Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan. Moses the servant of the Lord gave it to them.^(B)”

²⁸ “‘I am to be the only inheritance^(A) the priests have. You are to give them no possession in Israel; I will be their possession. ²⁹ They will eat^(B) the grain offerings, the sin offerings and the guilt offerings; and everything in Israel devoted^[a] to the Lord^(C) will belong to them.^{(D) 30} The best of all the firstfruits^(E) and of all your special gifts will belong to the priests. You are to give them the first portion of your ground meal^(F) so that a blessing^(G) may rest on your household.^(H)