But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and the half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Priesthood, and the rights attached to it, tithes (Calmet)
It was therefore necessary to make eight portions. (Menochius)