Numbers 18:21-24
18:21 See, I have given the Levites all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they perform – the service of the tent of meeting.
18:22 No longer may the Israelites approach the tent of meeting, or else they will bear their sin
and die.
18:23 But the Levites must perform the service
of the tent of meeting, and they must bear their iniquity.
It will be a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations that among the Israelites the Levites
have no inheritance.
18:24 But I have given
to the Levites for an inheritance the tithes of the Israelites that are offered
to the
Lord as a raised offering. That is why I said to them that among the Israelites they are to have no inheritance.”
Deuteronomy 12:17-19
12:17 You will not be allowed to eat in your villages your tithe of grain, new wine, olive oil, the firstborn of your herd and flock, any votive offerings you have vowed, or your freewill and personal offerings.
12:18 Only in the presence of the
Lord your God may you eat these, in the place he
chooses. This applies to you, your son, your daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levites
in your villages. In that place you will rejoice before the
Lord your God in all the output of your labor.
12:19 Be careful not to overlook the Levites as long as you live in the land.
Luke 10:1-8
The Mission of the Seventy-Two
10:1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
10:2 He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.
10:3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs surrounded by wolves.
10:4 Do not carry a money bag, a traveler’s bag, or sandals, and greet no one on the road.
10:5 Whenever you enter a house, first say, ‘May peace be on this house!’
10:6 And if a peace-loving person is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you.
10:7 Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you, for the worker deserves his pay. Do not move around from house to house.
10:8 Whenever you enter a town and the people welcome you, eat what is set before you.
Luke 10:1
The Mission of the Seventy-Two
10:1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
Luke 5:12-13
Healing a Leper
5:12 While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came to him who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he bowed down with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
5:13 So he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing. Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.