And the LORD said
unto Aaron
, Thou and thy sons
and thy father's
house
with thee shall bear
the iniquity
of the sanctuary
: and thou and thy sons
with thee shall bear
the iniquity
of your priesthood
.
And thy brethren also of the tribe
of Levi
, the tribe
of thy father
, bring
thou with thee, that they may be joined
unto thee, and minister
unto thee: but thou and thy sons
with thee shall minister before
the tabernacle
of witness
.
And they shall keep thy charge
, and the charge
of all the tabernacle
: only they shall not come nigh
the vessels
of the sanctuary
and the altar
, that neither they, nor ye also, die
.
And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep
the charge
of the tabernacle
of the congregation
, for all the service
of the tabernacle
: and a stranger
shall not come nigh
unto you.
And ye shall keep the charge
of the sanctuary
, and the charge
of the altar
: that there be no wrath
any more upon the children
of Israel
.
And I, behold, I have taken your brethren
the Levites
from among
the children
of Israel
: to you they are given
as a gift
for the LORD
, to do
the service
of the tabernacle
of the congregation
.
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep
your priest's office
for every thing
of the altar
, and within
the vail
; and ye shall serve
: I have given
your priest's office
unto you as a service
of gift
: and the stranger
that cometh nigh
shall be put to death
.
And the LORD spake
unto Aaron
, Behold, I also have given
thee the charge
of mine heave offerings
of all the hallowed things
of the children
of Israel
; unto thee have I given
them by reason of the anointing
, and to thy sons
, by an ordinance
for ever
.
This shall be thine of the most holy things
, reserved from the fire
: every oblation
of theirs, every meat offering
of theirs, and every sin offering
of theirs, and every trespass offering
of theirs, which they shall render
unto me, shall be most
holy
for thee and for thy sons
.
In the most holy
place shalt thou eat
it; every male
shall eat
it: it shall be holy
unto thee.
And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift
, with all the wave offerings
of the children
of Israel
: I have given
them unto thee, and to thy sons
and to thy daughters
with thee, by a statute
for ever
: every one that is clean
in thy house
shall eat
of it.
All the best of the oil
, and all the best
of the wine
, and of the wheat
, the firstfruits
of them which they shall offer
unto the LORD
, them have I given
thee.
And whatsoever is first ripe in the land
, which they shall bring
unto the LORD
, shall be thine; every one that is clean
in thine house
shall eat
of it.
Every thing devoted in Israel
shall be thine.
Every thing that openeth the matrix
in all flesh
, which they bring
unto the LORD
, whether it be of men
or beasts
, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn
of man
shalt thou surely
redeem
, and the firstling
of unclean
beasts
shalt thou redeem
.
And those that are to be redeemed from a month
old
shalt thou redeem
, according to thine estimation
, for the money
of five
shekels
, after the shekel
of the sanctuary
, which is twenty
gerahs
.
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
: thou shalt sprinkle
their blood
upon the altar
, and shalt burn
their fat
for an offering made by fire
, for a sweet
savour
unto the LORD
.
And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave
breast
and as the right
shoulder
are thine.
All the heave offerings of the holy things
, which the children
of Israel
offer
unto the LORD
, have I given
thee, and thy sons
and thy daughters
with thee, by a statute
for ever
: it is a covenant
of salt
for ever
before
the LORD
unto thee and to thy seed
with thee.
And the LORD spake
unto Aaron
, Thou shalt have no inheritance
in their land
, neither shalt thou have any part
among
them: I am thy part
and thine inheritance
among
the children
of Israel
.
And, behold, I have given the children
of Levi
all the tenth
in Israel
for an inheritance
, for
their service
which they serve
, even the service
of the tabernacle
of the congregation
.
Neither must the children of Israel
henceforth
come nigh
the tabernacle
of the congregation
, lest they bear
sin
, and die
.
But the Levites shall do
the service
of the tabernacle
of the congregation
, and they shall bear
their iniquity
: it shall be a statute
for ever
throughout your generations
, that among
the children
of Israel
they have
no inheritance
.
But the tithes of the children
of Israel
, which they offer
as an heave offering
unto the LORD
, I have given
to the Levites
to inherit
: therefore I have said
unto them, Among
the children
of Israel
they shall have
no inheritance
.
And the LORD spake
unto Moses
, saying
,
Thus speak unto the Levites
, and say
unto them, When ye take
of the children
of Israel
the tithes
which I have given
you from them for your inheritance
, then ye shall offer
up an heave offering
of it for the LORD
, even a tenth
part of the tithe
.
And this your heave offering shall be reckoned
unto you, as though it were the corn
of the threshingfloor
, and as the fulness
of the winepress
.
Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering
unto the LORD
of all your tithes
, which ye receive
of the children
of Israel
; and ye shall give
thereof the LORD'S
heave offering
to Aaron
the priest
.
Out of all your gifts ye shall offer
every heave offering
of the LORD
, of all the best
thereof, even the hallowed part
thereof out of it.
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved
the best
thereof from it, then it shall be counted
unto the Levites
as the increase
of the threshingfloor
, and as the increase
of the winepress
.
And ye shall eat it in every place
, ye and your households
: for it is your reward
for
your service
in the tabernacle
of the congregation
.
And ye shall bear no sin
by reason of it, when ye have heaved
from it the best
of it: neither shall ye pollute
the holy things
of the children
of Israel
, lest ye die
.