1. “And there shall not be for the Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, a plot of ground and an inheritance with Israel, rather they may eat an offering made by fire as their inheritance, for Yahweh.
2. And there shall not be for them an inheritance of land in the midst of his brothers; rather Yahweh is his inheritance, just as he promised to them.
3. Now this shall be the share of the priest from the people, from those who sacrifice the sacrifice, whether it is an ox, sheep, or goat, and they shall give the priest the shoulder and the jawbones and the stomach.
4. The firstfruits of your grain, your wine, and your olive oil and the firstfruits of the fleece of your sheep you shall give to him.
5. For Yahweh your God has chosen him from among all your tribes to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh, he and his sons forever.
6. And if a Levite comes from one of your towns from anywhere in Israel where he is residing, he may come whenever he desires, to the place that Yahweh will choose,
7. and he may minister in the name of Yahweh his God, just like all his brothers, the Levites who stand there before Yahweh.
8. They shall eat equal portions, apart from what he may receive from the sale of his patrimony.
9. “When you come to the land that Yahweh your God is giving to you, you must not learn to do like the detestable practices of those nations.
10. There shall not be found among you one who makes his son or his daughter go through the fire, or one who practices divination, or an interpreter of signs, or an augur, or sorcerer,
11. or one who casts magic spells, or one who consults a spirit of the dead, or spiritist, or one who inquires of the dead.
12. For everyone doing these things is detestable to Yahweh, and because of these detestable things Yahweh your God is driving them out from before you.
13. You must be blameless before Yahweh your God.