~Numbers 18:1 And Jehovah said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons andthy fathers' house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary;and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of yourpriesthood.
~Numbers 18:2 And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe ofthy father, bring thou near with thee, that they may be joined untothee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall bebefore the tent of the testimony.
~Numbers 18:3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of allthe Tent: only they shall not come nigh unto the vessels of thesanctuary and unto the altar, that they die not, neither they, nor ye.
~Numbers 18:4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep thecharge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the Tent: and astranger shall not come nigh unto you.
~Numbers 18:5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and thecharge of the altar; that there be wrath no more upon the children ofIsrael.
~Numbers 18:6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levitesfrom among the children of Israel: to you they are a gift, given untoJehovah, to do the service of the tent of meeting.
~Numbers 18:7 And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep yourpriesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; andye shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and thestranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
~Numbers 18:8 And Jehovah spake unto Aaron, And I, behold, I havegiven thee the charge of my heave-offerings, even all the hallowedthings of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reasonof the anointing, and to thy sons, as a portion for ever.
~Numbers 18:9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, [reserved]from the fire: every oblation of theirs, even every meal-offering oftheirs, and every sin-offering of theirs, and every trespass-offering oftheirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for theeand for thy sons.
~Numbers 18:10 As the most holy things shalt thou eat thereof; everymale shall eat thereof: it shall be holy unto thee.
~Numbers 18:11 And this is thine: the heave-offering of their gift,even all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel; I have giventhem unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, as aportion for ever; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat thereof.
~Numbers 18:12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage,and of the grain, the first-fruits of them which they give untoJehovah, to thee have I given them.
~Numbers 18:13 The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land, whichthey bring unto Jehovah, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thyhouse shall eat thereof.
~Numbers 18:14 Everything devoted in Israel shall be thine.
~Numbers 18:15 Everything that openeth the womb, of all fleshwhich they offer unto Jehovah, both of man and beast shall be thine:nevertheless the first-born of man shalt thou surely redeem, and thefirstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
~Numbers 18:16 And those that are to be redeemed of them from amonth old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for themoney of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary (the same istwenty gerahs).
~Numbers 18:17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep,or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thoushalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for anoffering made by fire, for a sweet savor unto Jehovah.
~Numbers 18:18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wavebreastand as the right thigh, it shall be thine.
~Numbers 18:19 All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which thechildren of Israel offer unto Jehovah, have I given thee, and thy sonsand thy daughters with thee, as a portion for ever: it is a covenant ofsalt for ever before Jehovah unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
~Numbers 18:20 And Jehovah said unto Aaron, Thou shalt have noinheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion amongthem: I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children ofIsrael.
~Numbers 18:21 And unto the children of Levi, behold, I have givenall the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their servicewhich they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting.
~Numbers 18:22 And henceforth the children of Israel shall not comenigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
~Numbers 18:23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tent ofmeeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations; and among the children of Israelthey shall have no inheritance.
~Numbers 18:24 For the tithe of the children of Israel, which theyoffer as a heave-offering unto Jehovah, I have given to the Levites foran inheritance: therefore I have said unto them, Among the childrenof Israel they shall have no inheritance.
~Numbers 18:25 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
~Numbers 18:26 Moreover thou shalt speak unto the Levites, and sayunto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithe which Ihave given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer upa heave-offering of it for Jehovah, a tithe of the tithe.
~Numbers 18:27 And your heave-offering shall be reckoned unto you,as though it were the grain of the threshing-floor, and as the fulnessof the winepress.
~Numbers 18:28 Thus ye also shall offer a heave-offering untoJehovah of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel;and thereof ye shall give Jehovah's heave-offering to Aaron thepriest.
~Numbers 18:29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heaveofferingof Jehovah, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed partthereof out of it.
~Numbers 18:30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye heavethe best thereof from it, then it shall be reckoned unto the Levites asthe increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the winepress.
~Numbers 18:31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and yourhouseholds: for it is your reward in return for your service in the tentof meeting.
~Numbers 18:32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when yehave heaved from it the best thereof: and ye shall not profane theholy things of the children of Israel, that ye die not
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