Numbers 18:7-19 »Only you and your sons may do the work of priests, everything done at the altar and under the canopy. This is my gift to you: You may serve me as priests. Anyone else who comes near the holy place to do this work must die.«

NSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ »Only you and your sons may do the work of priests, everything done at the altar and under the canopy. This is my gift to you: You may serve me as priests. Anyone else who comes near the holy place to do this work must die.« ⁸ Jehovah said to Aaron: »I have placed you in charge of all the contributions given to me. I have given you and your descendants all the holy gifts from the Israelites as your share. These contributions will be yours from generation to generation. ⁹ »That part of the most holy offerings that is not burned belongs to you. It may come from a grain offering, an offering for sin, or a guilt offering. Whatever is brought to me, as a most holy offering will belong to you and your sons. ¹⁰ »Eat it in a most holy place. Any male may eat it. You must consider it holy. ¹¹ »The contributions that come as gifts taken from the offerings presented by the Israelites are also yours. I give these to you, your sons, and your daughters. They will be yours from generation to generation. Anyone in your household who is clean may eat them. ¹² »I also give you the first of the produce they give Jehovah. It is the best of all the olive oil and the best of the new wine and fresh grain. ¹³ »The first of all produce harvested in their land that they bring to Jehovah are yours. Anyone in your household who is clean may eat it. ¹⁴ »Anything in Israel that is claimed by Jehovah is yours. ¹⁵ »Every firstborn male, human or animal that is brought to Jehovah is yours. But you must buy back every firstborn son and the firstborn male of any unclean animal. ¹⁶ »When they are one month old, you must buy them back at the fixed price of two ounces of silver using the standard weight of the holy place. ¹⁷ »You must never buy back a firstborn bull, sheep, or goat. They are holy. Throw the blood from these animals against the altar. Burn the fat as an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to Jehovah. ¹⁸ »The meat is yours, like the breast and the right thigh that are presented. ¹⁹ »I have given you, your sons, and your daughters all the holy contributions which the Israelites offer to Jehovah. These contributions will be yours from generation to generation. It is an everlasting promise of salt in Jehovah’s presence for you and your descendants.«