The Levites were to devote themselves to the work of the Lord and that was a full time job supported through the people’s offerings.
BibleGateway: Deuteronomy 18:1-8 ESV Text: Deuteronomy 18:1-8 KJV Text: The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 1:17 1 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance. 2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. 3 And this shall be the…