Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 18:1 
Context18:1 The Levitical priests 1 – indeed, the entire tribe of Levi – will have no allotment or inheritance with Israel; they may eat the burnt offerings of the Lord and of his inheritance. 2
Deuteronomy 18:3
Context18:3 This shall be the priests’ fair allotment 3 from the people who offer sacrifices, whether bull or sheep – they must give to the priest the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.
Deuteronomy 21:5
Context21:5 Then the Levitical priests 4 will approach (for the Lord your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name, 5 and to decide 6 every judicial verdict 7 )
Deuteronomy 31:9
Context31:9 Then Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the Levitical priests, who carry the ark of the Lord’s covenant, and to all Israel’s elders.
1 tn The MT places the terms “priests” and “Levites” in apposition, thus creating an epexegetical construction in which the second term qualifies the first, i.e., “Levitical priests.” This is a way of asserting their legitimacy as true priests. The Syriac renders “to the priest and to the Levite,” making a distinction between the two, but one that is out of place here.
2 sn Of his inheritance. This is a figurative way of speaking of the produce of the land the
3 tn Heb “judgment”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “the priest’s due.”
4 tn Heb “the priests, the sons of Levi.”
5 tn Heb “in the name of the
6 tn Heb “by their mouth.”
7 tn Heb “every controversy and every blow.”
