John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 1. The priests, the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel , etc.] 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 Leviticus 2:2,3 6:17,18), 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. All these, with other things, ( Numbers 18:8,9), were given, as the Targum of Jonathan expresses it, for their inheritance, in lieu of their having none in the land of Canaan.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-8 - Care is taken that the priests entangle not themselves with the affair of this life, nor enrich themselves with the wealth of this world; the have better things to mind. Care is likewise taken that they want no the comforts and conveniences of this life. The people must provide for them. He that has the benefit of solemn religious assemblies, ought to give help for the comfortable support of those that minister in suc assemblies.
Original Hebrew לא3808 יהיה1961 לכהנים3548 הלוים3881 כל3605 שׁבט7626 לוי3878 חלק2506 ונחלה5159 עם5973 ישׂראל3478 אשׁי801 יהוה3068 ונחלתו5159 יאכלון׃398
