Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 163
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(דברים יח א) לֹא יִהְיֶה לַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם כָּל שֵׁבֶט לֵוִי, מִכְּלָל שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יח ז) ״וְשֵׁרֵת בְּשֵׁם ה׳ אֱלֹהָיו״ אֵין לִי אֶלָּא תְּמִימִים, בַּעֲלֵי מוּמִים מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: כָּל שֵׁבֶט לֵוִי.
(Devarim 18:1) "There shall not be to the Cohanim, the Levites, the entire tribe of Levi, a portion and an inheritance with Israel" From (Ibid. 7) "And he (a Cohein) shall minister in the name of the L-rd his G-d," I know only of the Cohanim. Whence do I derive (the same for) the Levites? From (Ibid. 1) "the entire tribe of Levi."
חֵלֶק – זוֹ בִּזָּה.
"a portion": the spoils;
וְנַחֲלָה – זוֹ נַחֲלַת הָאָרֶץ.
"and an inheritance": the land.
אִשֵּׁי ה׳ – אֵלּוּ קָדְשֵׁי מִקְדָּשׁ; קָדְשֵׁי הַגְּבוּל מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: וְנַחֲלָתוֹ יֹאכֵלוּן.
"The fire-offerings of the L-rd and His inheritance shall they eat": "the fire offerings": the Temple offerings. Whence do I derive the same for the boundary offerings (i.e., the terumoth and ma'aseroth of Eretz Yisrael) ? From "and His inheritance shall they eat."