The Priests’ Share of the Sacrifices. ⁸ The Lord said to Aaron:^[a] I hereby give to you charge of the contributions made to me, including the various holy offerings of the Israelites;^(A) I assign them to you and to your sons as a perquisite, a perpetual due.

³¹ You and your households may eat it anywhere, since it is your recompense in exchange for labor in the tent of meeting.

Chapter 18

Priests. ¹ The levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no hereditary portion with Israel; they shall eat the fire offerings of the Lord and the portions due to him.^{(A) 2} They shall have no heritage among their kindred; the Lord himself is their heritage, as he has told them.^{(B) 3} This shall be the due of the priests from the people: those who are offering a sacrifice, whether an ox or a sheep, shall give the priest the shoulder, the jowls and the stomach. ⁴ The first fruits of your grain, your wine, and your oil,^(C) as well as the first shearing of your flock, you shall also give him. ⁵ For the Lord, your God, has chosen him out of all your tribes to be in attendance to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his descendants for all time.^(D)