Numbers 18 The LORD said to Aaron, "You and your sons and your fathers' house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

VIN⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ The LORD said to Aaron, "You and your sons and your fathers' house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. ² "Bring the other Levites from your ancestor’s tribe to join you and help you and your sons serve in front of the tent of the words of my promise. ³ They will keep your responsibility and the responsibility of all the tent, only they may not come near the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, so both you and they will not die. ⁴ They shall be joined to you and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent. A stranger shall not come near to you. ⁵ You are to be responsible for the holy place and the altar, so that wrath may never again come on the children of Israel. ⁶ Behold, I myself have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel. They are a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD, to do the service of the Tent of Meeting. ⁷ You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and you shall serve. I give you the priesthood as a gift, and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death. ⁸ the LORD spoke to Aaron, "Behold, I myself have given to you the responsibility of my contributions for all the holy objects of the Israelites; I have given them as a portion to you and your sons as an eternal decree. 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 And this is yours: the lifted offering which they give and all the wave offerings of the children of Israel I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters as your right for ever: everyone in your house who is clean may have them for food. ¹² All the finest olive oil and all the finest new wine and their best grain that they have given to the LORD, I have given them to you. ¹³ "The first of all produce harvested in their land that they bring to the LORD are yours. Anyone in your household who is clean may eat it. ¹⁴ »Anything in Israel that is claimed by the LORD is yours. ¹⁵ "Every firstborn male, human or animal that is brought to the LORD 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 "But you shall not redeem the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma to the LORD. ¹⁸ Their flesh is to be yours; like the breast of the wave offering and the right leg, it is to be yours. ¹⁹ All the contributions of holiness that the Israelites offer to the LORD I have given to you and your sons and your daughters with you as an eternal decree; it is an eternal covenant of salt before the LORD to you and your offspring with you." ²⁰ And the LORD said to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any part among them. I am your part and your inheritance among the sons of Israel. ²¹ "I have given the Levites one-tenth of every Israelite’s income. This is in return for the work they do at the tent of meeting. ²² »The other Israelites must never again come near the tent of meeting. Otherwise, they will suffer the consequences of their sin and die. ²³ »Only the Levites will do the work at the tent of meeting. They are responsible for their own sins. This is a long lasting law for future generations. They will own no property, as the other Israelites will. ²⁴ "Instead, I will give the Levites what the Israelites contribute to the LORD, one-tenth of the Israelites’ income. This is why I said about them: They will own no property as the other Israelites do." ²⁵ the LORD said to Moses: ²⁶ "You will speak to the Levites and say to them, 'When you receive the tithe from the Israelites that I have given to you from them for your inheritance, you will present a contribution from it to the LORD, a tithe from a tithe. ²⁷ "'Your contribution will be considered to be grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress. ²⁸ Thus you also will offer a heave offering to the LORD of all your tithes, which you receive of the sons of Israel. And from it you will give the LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest. ²⁹ "‘Out of all the gifts you receive, you must contribute the best and holiest parts to the LORD.’ ³⁰ "Also tell them: 'When you contribute the best part, your contribution will be considered to be produce from the threshing floor or winepress. ³¹ "'You and your households may eat it anywhere. This is because it is the wages you receive for your work at the tent of meeting. ³² "'When you contribute the best part, you will not suffer the consequences of any sin. You will not be dishonoring the holy offerings given by the Israelites, and you will not die.'"