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.
The priests and the Levites ... shall eat the offerings. Since the tribe of Levi had no inheritance allotted them like the other tribes (see the note at Numbers 18:20), but were wholly consecrated to the priestly office, their maintenance was to arise from tithes, first-fruits, and certain portions of the oblations presented on the altar, which God having by express appointment reserved to Himself, made over after being offered to His ministers (Numbers 18:8).