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You might be talking about Matthew, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. He is a tax collector before he become one of the followers of Jesus Christ...

No... Barnabus =)

Another answer:Barnabas was indeed a Levite who sold his property and gave the proceeds to the apostles (Acts 4:36, 37), but there's no indication that it was "illegal property."

If it's being referred to as "illegal" because the Levites received no inheritance of land "among their brethren" (Deuteronomy 18:1, 2), note that Barnabas was "of the country of Cyprus," and any land he owned there was not "among" Israel, so it could not have been part of any tribal inheritance. Therefore it would not have been "illegal" for him to own.

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