DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 18 The Lord is the priests and Levites inheritance. Deuteronomy 18:1,2. Their due from the people, Deuteronomy 18:3-5. A Levite's portion that came to serve voluntarily, Deuteronomy 18:6-8. All unlawful arts prohibited, Deuteronomy 18:9-14. Christ is promised, whom they must hearken to, Deuteronomy 18:15-19. False prophets threatened, Deuteronomy 18:20. The mark of a false prophet, Deuteronomy 18:21,22. The offerings of the Lord made by fire; by which phrase we here manifestly see that he means not burnt-offerings, which were wholly consumed by fire, and no part of them eaten by the priests; but other sacrifices, whereof part was offered to the Lord by fire, and part was allotted to the priests for their food. His inheritance, i.e. the Lord's portion or inheritance, which God had reserved to himself, as tithes and first-fruits, and other oblations distinct from those which were made by fire; and so these two branches make up the whole of that which belonged to God, and was by him given to the Levites.
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Deuteronomy 18:1
1 The priests the Levites, and 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 inheritance.