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 21:5
Context21:5 Then the Levitical priests 3 will approach (for the Lord your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name, 4 and to decide 5 every judicial verdict 6 )
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 “the priests, the sons of Levi.”
4 tn Heb “in the name of the
5 tn Heb “by their mouth.”
6 tn Heb “every controversy and every blow.”
