And the LORDsaiduntoAaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father’shousewiththeeshallbear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sonswiththeeshallbear the iniquity of yourpriesthood.
And thy brethrenalso of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bringthouwiththee, thatthey may be joineduntothee, and ministeruntothee: but thou and thy sonswiththeeshallministerbefore the tabernacle of witness.
And theyshallkeep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: onlytheyshall not comenigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, thatneitherthey, nor ye also, die.
And theyshall be joineduntothee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a strangershall not comenighunto you.
And I, behold, I havetakenyourbrethren the Levitesfromamong 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.
Thereforethou and thy sonswiththeeshallkeepyourpriest’soffice for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shallserve: I havegivenyourpriest’sofficeunto you as a service of gift: and the strangerthatcomethnighshall be put to death.
And the LORDspakeuntoAaron, Behold, I alsohavegiventhee the charge of mineheaveofferings of all the hallowedthings of the children of Israel; untotheehave I giventhem by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.
Thisshall be thine of the mostholythings, reservedfrom the fire: everyoblation of theirs, everymeatoffering of theirs and every sin offering of theirs, and everytrespassoffering of theirs, whichtheyshallrenderunto me, shall be mostholy for thee and for thy sons.
And this is thine; the heaveoffering of theirgift, with all the waveofferings of the children of Israel: I havegiventhemuntothee, and to thy sons and to thy daughterswiththee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy houseshall eat of it.
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of themwhichtheyshallofferunto the LORD, themhave I giventhee.
Everythingthatopeneth the matrix in all flesh, whichtheybringunto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shaltthousurelyredeem, and the firstling of uncleanbeastsshaltthouredeem.
And thosethat are to be redeemedfrom a month old shaltthouredeem, according to thineestimation, for the money of fiveshekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twentygerahs.
But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thoushalt not redeem; they are holy: thoushaltsprinkletheirbloodupon the altar, and shaltburntheir fat for an offeringmade by fire, for a sweetsavourunto the LORD.
All the heaveofferings of the holythings, which the children of Israelofferunto the LORD, have I giventhee, and thy sons and thy daughterswiththee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for everbefore the LORDuntothee and to thy seedwiththee.
And the LORDspakeuntoAaron, Thoushalthave no inheritance in theirland, neithershaltthouhave any partamongthem: I am thy part and thineinheritanceamong the children of Israel.
And, behold, I havegiven the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for theirservicewhichtheyserve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
But the Levitesshall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and theyshallbeartheiriniquity: it shall be a statute for everthroughoutyourgenerations, thatamong the children of Israeltheyhave no inheritance.
But the tithes of the children of Israel, whichtheyoffer as an heaveofferingunto the LORD, I havegiven to the Levites to inherit: therefore I havesaiduntothem, Among the children of Israeltheyshallhave no inheritance.
Thusspeakunto the Levites, and say untothem, When ye take of the children of Israel the titheswhich I havegiven you fromthem for yourinheritance, then ye shalloffer up an heaveoffering of it for the LORD, even a tenthpart of the tithe.
Thus ye alsoshalloffer an heaveofferingunto the LORD of all yourtithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shallgivethereof the LORD’Sheaveoffering to Aaron the priest.
Thereforethoushalt say untothem, When ye haveheaved the bestthereoffrom it, then it shall be countedunto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
And ye shallbear no sin by reason of it, when ye haveheavedfrom it the best of it: neithershall ye pollute the holythings of the children of Israel, lest ye die.