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17:20

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17:20	He will then [also] not begin to feel superior to his brethren, and he will not stray from the mandate to the right or the left. He and his descendants will thus have a long reign in the midst of Israel. Levilti rum-levavo me'echav ulevilti sur min-hamitsvah yamin usmol lema'an ya'arich yamim al-mamlachto hu uvanav bekerev Yisra'el.
18:1	Third Reading The Levitical priests [and] the entire tribe of Levi shall not have a territorial portion with [the rest of] Israel, and they shall [therefore] eat God's fire offerings and [their] hereditary gifts. Lo-yihyeh lakohanim haLevi'im kol-shevet Levi chelek venachalah im-Yisra'el ishey Adonay venachalato yochelun.

Commentary:

and
(Saadia; cf. Sefer HaMitzvoth, Negative 169, 170).

therefore
(Saadia).

fire offerings
Portions of sacrifices eaten by priests.

hereditary gifts
Agricultural offerings (Sifri; Rashi).

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