Deuteronomy 18:1

The priests the Levites, the whole tribe of Levi ; i . e . the whole tribe of Levi, including both the priests and the general body of the Levites. They shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire. "The offerings of the Lord made by fire" (literally, the fires or firings of Jehovah ), here referred to, were the meal offering, the sin offering, and the trespass effusing (cf. Numbers 18:9 ). And his inheritance ; i.e . of Jehovah, what was appropriated to him, and from him to the tribe of Levi, such as tithes, firstlings, and firstfruits.