Deuteronomy 18:1

Deuteronomy 18:1 says, 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.  Moses said the priests and Levites were to have no inheritance in the land, but were to eat the offerings made by fire to God and live by His inheritance.  We might think they were cheated, but they really were the closest to God.  This does not mean that we are to not support ministers today, but it also means that they are not to look to grow rich materially either.  Verse two adds, Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.  Moses repeated this speaking to the priests and Levites.  They needed to acknowledge that their inheritance was in God, just as any Christian is in their relationship with Jesus Christ.  The things of this world are not our inheritance, but the kingdom of God is.  Verse three continues, And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.  Moses again told the people that whatever they sacrificed was the priests to use after it had met the requirement of the sacrifice in God's eyes.  They could not just claim it as their own, and neither can we claim the sacrifices, tithes and offerings made to God as our own.  Verse four concludes, The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.  Moses said that the people were to give first to God and part of that would be the inheritance of the priests and Levites.  We should give first to God to support His work in the world today.  Verse five states, For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.  Moses said that God had chosen the Levites first out of all the tribes to stand and minister in His name.  We should be honored if God chooses us to minister in His name today, but we should never feel superior to others if we are.  Verse six adds, And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;  Verse seven continues, Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.  Moses said if a Levite came to any place in the Promised Land because he knew that God had sent him there that they he was to minister there and the people were to accept him. Ministers today should still go where God sends them and people should accept them.  Verse eight concludes, They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.  Moses said that the Levite should have like portions to eat, as others did.