18:1,2
There is another reminder that the Levites, both the priests and all the people, had no inheritance in the land. Their inheritance was in the Lord. Instead they were to live off the food offerings made to the people in Israel. The Lord was their inheritance. In Gen 15:1 God had said to Abraham that He was his shield and his reward (or that his reward was great). Abraham thought he had no inheritance because at the time he had no sons, no obvious prospect of children, other than the promise of God. The promise of God is more reliable than natural resources.
18:3-5
We then get details on what the food share for the priests was to be. Various cuts of meat are named, along with the firstfruits of corn and other produce. So in giving firstfruits to the Lord, the people were also providing for the priests. The priests were performing a God given task, and had been chosen by Him.
18:6-8
Some of the Levites would live in towns outside Jerusalem (the place the Lord will choose). If the priest chose “in all earnestness” to come to Jerusalem he was allowed to minister to the Lord there as well.
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