“The Levitical priests, all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They shall eat the Lord’s food offerings as their inheritance. 2 They shall have no inheritance among their brothers; the Lord is their inheritance, as he promised them. 3 And this shall be the priests’ due from the people, from those offering a sacrifice, whether an ox or a sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the two cheeks and the stomach. 4 The firstfruits of your grain, of your wine and of your oil, and the first fleece of your sheep, you shall give him. 5 For the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for all time.
The Levitical priests were to have no personal property. They were to own no land therefore nothing was apportioned to them. Why? Because I was their special possession. I was the prize they owned, that the non-Levites did not. What is more precious to you, child? Is it my presence in your life? Is it that I have chosen you to represent me, to tell others what I say? Or is it what you have – where you live, what you drive, what you wear? What is of more value to you? Decide, then live accordingly.
Do not miss that I arranged for their care. They were to lack nothing. They were to be fed, clothed, housed out of the abundance that my people offered up to me. I directly provided for them. Do you not see how I have provided for you over all this time? Do you not see recently the abundance I shower upon you? Why do you clutch at this world? Why do you fret? I do not change.
Not only did I provide for the Levites, but they were to receive the best of the grain and other offerings. I did not just give anything to them. They were my chosen, specially chosen out of all my people to represent me. That was a cherished position and I treated them as my cherished children. (2021)
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