ASV_Strong : Numbers 18
1. And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559] unto Aaron[H175], Thou and thy sons[H1121] and thy fathers[H1]' house[H1004] with thee shall bear[H5375] the iniquity[H5771] of the sanctuary[H4720]; and thou and thy sons[H1121] with thee shall bear[H5375] the iniquity[H5771] of your priesthood[H3550].
2. And thy brethren[H251] also[H4294], the tribe of Levi[H3878], the tribe[H4294] of thy father[H1], bring[H7126] thou near with thee[H3867], that they may be joined unto thee[H8334], and minister unto thee[H1121]: but thou and thy sons with thee shall be before[H6440] the tent[H168] of the testimony[H5715].
3. And they shall keep[H8104] thy charge[H4931], and the charge[H4931] of all the Tent[H168]: only they shall not come nigh[H7126] unto the vessels[H3627] of the sanctuary[H6944] and unto the altar[H4196], that they die not[H4191], neither they, nor ye.
4. And they shall be joined[H3867] unto thee[H8104], and keep the charge[H4931] of the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150], for all the service[H5656] of the Tent[H168]: and a stranger[H2114] shall not come nigh unto you[H7126].
5. And ye shall keep[H8104] the charge[H4931] of the sanctuary[H6944], and the charge[H4931] of the altar[H4196]; that there be wrath[H7110] no more upon the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
6. And I[H3947], behold, I have taken your brethren[H251] the Levites[H3881] from among[H8432] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]: to you they are a gift[H4979], given[H5414] unto Jehovah[H3068], to do[H5647] the service[H5656] of the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150].
7. And thou and thy sons[H1121] with thee shall keep[H8104] your priesthood[H3550] for everything[H1697] of the altar[H4196], and for that within[H1004] the veil[H6532]; and ye shall serve[H5647]: I give[H5414] you the priesthood[H3550] as a service[H5656] of gift[H4979]: and the stranger[H2114] that cometh nigh[H7131] shall be put to death[H4191].
8. And Jehovah[H3068] spake[H1696] unto Aaron[H175], And I[H5414], behold, I have given thee the charge[H4931] of my heave-offerings[H8641], even all the hallowed things[H6944] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]; unto thee have I given[H5414] them by reason of the anointing[H4888], and to thy sons[H1121], as a portion[H2706] for ever[H5769].
9. This shall be thine of the most[H6944] holy things[H6944], reserved from the fire[H784]: every oblation[H7133] of theirs[H4503], even every meal-offering of theirs[H4503], and every sin-offering of theirs[H817], and every trespass-offering of theirs[H7725], which they shall render unto me[H6944], shall be most holy[H6944] for thee and for thy sons[H1121].
10. As the most[H6944] holy[H6944] things shalt thou eat[H398] thereof[H2145]; every male shall eat[H398] thereof[H6944]: it shall be holy unto thee.
11. And this is thine[H8641]: the heave-offering of their gift[H4976], even all the wave-offerings[H8573] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]; I have given[H5414] them unto thee[H1121], and to thy sons and to thy daughters[H1323] with thee[H2706], as a portion for ever[H5769]; every one that is clean[H2889] in thy house[H1004] shall eat thereof[H398].
12. All the best[H2459] of the oil[H3323], and all the best[H2459] of the vintage[H8492], and of the grain[H1715], the first-fruits[H7225] of them which they give[H5414] unto Jehovah[H3068], to thee have I given them[H5414].
13. The first-ripe[H1061] fruits of all that is in their land[H776], which they bring[H935] unto Jehovah[H3068], shall be thine[H2889]; every one that is clean in thy house[H1004] shall eat thereof[H398].
14. Everything devoted[H2764] in Israel shall be thine[H3478].
15. Everything that openeth[H6363] the womb[H7358], of all flesh[H1320] which they offer[H7126] unto Jehovah[H3068], both of man[H120] and beast[H929] shall be thine[H1060]: nevertheless the first-born of man[H120] shalt thou surely[H6299] redeem[H6299], and the firstling[H1060] of unclean[H2931] beasts[H929] shalt thou redeem[H6299].
16. And those that are to be redeemed[H6299] of them from a month[H2320] old[H1121] shalt thou redeem[H6299], according to thine estimation[H6187], for the money[H3701] of five[H2568] shekels[H8255], after the shekel[H8255] of the sanctuary[H6944] (the same is twenty[H6242] gerahs[H1626]).
17. But the firstling[H1060] of a cow[H7794], or the firstling[H1060] of a sheep[H3775], or the firstling[H1060] of a goat[H5795], thou shalt not redeem[H6299]; they are holy[H6944]: thou shalt sprinkle[H2236] their blood[H1818] upon the altar[H4196], and shalt burn[H6999] their fat[H2459] for an offering made by fire[H801], for a sweet[H5207] savor[H7381] unto Jehovah[H3068].
18. And the flesh[H1320] of them shall be thine[H8573], as the wave - breast[H2373] and as the right[H3225] thigh[H7785], it shall be thine.
19. All the heave-offerings[H8641] of the holy things[H6944], which the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] offer[H7311] unto Jehovah[H3068], have I given[H5414] thee[H1121], and thy sons and thy daughters[H1323] with thee[H2706], as a portion for ever[H5769]: it is a covenant[H1285] of salt[H4417] for ever[H5769] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068] unto thee and to thy seed with thee[H2233].
20. And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559] unto Aaron[H175], Thou shalt have no inheritance[H5157] in their land[H776], neither shalt thou have any portion[H2506] among[H8432] them[H2506]: I am thy portion and thine inheritance[H5159] among[H8432] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
21. And unto the children[H1121] of Levi[H3878], behold[H5414], I have given all the tithe in Israel[H3478] for[H2500] an inheritance[H5159], in return for[H2500] their service[H5656] which they serve[H5647], even the service[H5656] of the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150].
22. And henceforth[H5750] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] shall not come nigh[H7126] the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150], lest they bear[H5375] sin[H2399], and die[H4191].
23. But the Levites[H3881] shall do[H5647] the service[H5656] of the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150], and they shall bear[H5375] their iniquity[H5771]: it shall be a statute[H2708] for ever[H5769] throughout your generations[H1755]; and among[H8432] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] they shall have[H5157] no inheritance[H5159].
24. For the tithe[H4643] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], which they offer[H7311] as a heave-offering[H8641] unto Jehovah[H3068], I have given[H5414] to the Levites[H3881] for an inheritance[H5159]: therefore I have said[H559] unto them[H8432], Among the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] they shall have[H5157] no inheritance[H5159].
25. And Jehovah[H3068] spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872], saying[H559],
26. Moreover thou shalt speak[H1696] unto the Levites[H3881], and say[H559] unto them[H3947], When ye take of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] the tithe[H4643] which I have given[H5414] you from them for your inheritance[H5159], then ye shall offer[H7311] up a heave-offering[H8641] of it for Jehovah[H3068], a tithe[H4643] of the tithe[H4643].
27. And your heave-offering[H8641] shall be reckoned[H2803] unto you[H1715], as though it were the grain of the threshing-floor[H1637], and as the fulness[H4395] of the winepress[H3342].
28. Thus ye also shall offer[H7311] a heave-offering[H8641] unto Jehovah[H3068] of all your tithes[H4643], which ye receive[H3947] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]; and thereof ye shall give[H5414] Jehovah[H3068]'s heave-offering[H8641] to Aaron[H175] the priest[H3548].
29. Out of all your gifts[H4979] ye shall offer[H7311] every heave-offering[H8641] of Jehovah[H3068], of all the best[H2459] thereof[H4720], even the hallowed part thereof out of it.
30. Therefore thou shalt say[H559] unto them[H7311], When ye heave the best[H2459] thereof from it[H2803], then it shall be reckoned unto the Levites[H3881] as the increase[H8393] of the threshing-floor[H1637], and as the increase[H8393] of the wine-press[H3342].
31. And ye shall eat[H398] it in every place[H4725], ye and your households[H1004]: for it is your reward[H7939] in return for[H2500] your service[H5656] in the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150].
32. And ye shall bear[H5375] no sin[H2399] by reason of it[H7311], when ye have heaved from it the best[H2459] thereof[H2490]: and ye shall not profane the holy things[H6944] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], that ye die not[H4191].
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