This chapter gives an account of the provision made for the priests and Levites, with the reason of it, De 18:1, of allowance of a country Levite to minister at Jerusalem, and take his portion with the rest, De 18:6, and of several persons of bad practices not to be suffered among the people of Israel, De 18:9, and of an extraordinary prophet that should be raised up among them, to whom they should hearken, or it would be the worse for them, De 18:15, but a false prophet was to be put to death, of whom a sign is given by which he might be known, De 18:20.
Ver. 1. The priests, the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel,.... That is, in the land of Canaan, in the division of it among the tribes:they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance; the meat offerings, see Le 2:2, and whatsoever of the sin offerings and peace offerings which were the Lord's; so Ben Melech says, the flesh of the offerings which belonged to the priests was called fire offerings, after part of it was consumed by fire.