(KJV) Numbers 18¹

⥃Duties of Priests and Levites

[1] And the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou² and thy sons and thy father’s house with thee shall bear³ the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. [2] And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee⁴, and minister⁵ unto thee: but thou⁶ and thy sons with thee [shall minister] before the tabernacle of witness. [3] And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they⁷ shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither⁸ they, nor ye also, die. [4] 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 stranger⁹ shall not come nigh unto you. [5] And ye¹⁰ shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath¹¹ any more upon the children of Israel. [6] And I¹², behold, I have¹³ taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you [they are] given¹⁴ [as] a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. [7] Therefore thou¹⁵ and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within¹⁶ the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office [unto you as] a service¹⁷ of gift: and the stranger¹⁸ that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

⥃Offerings for Priests and Levites

[8] And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge¹⁹ of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason²⁰ of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. [9] This shall be thine of the most holy things, [reserved] from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat²¹ offering of theirs, and every sin²² offering of theirs, and every trespass²³ offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, [shall be] most holy for thee and for thy sons. [10] In the²⁴ most holy [place] shalt thou eat it; every male²⁵ shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee. [11] And this [is] thine; the heave²⁶ offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee²⁷, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one²⁸ that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. [12] All the best of the oil²⁹, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits³⁰ of them which they shall offer unto the Lord, them have I given thee. [13] [And] whatsoever³¹ is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the Lord, shall be thine; every one³² that is clean in thine house shall eat [of] it. [14] Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.³³ [15] Every thing that openeth³⁴ the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, [whether it be] of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn³⁵ of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. [16] And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem³⁶, according³⁷ to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which [is³⁸] twenty gerahs. [17] But the firstling³⁹ of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt⁴⁰ 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. [18] And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.⁴¹ [19] All the heave⁴² 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] a⁴³ covenant of salt for ever before the Lord unto thee and to thy seed with thee.

[20] And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have⁴⁴ no inheritance⁴⁵ in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I [am] thy part⁴⁶ and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.^{474849505152535455565758596061626364656667686970} [21] And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth⁷¹ in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, [even] the service⁷² of the tabernacle of the congregation. [22] Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh⁷³ the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin⁷⁴, and die⁷⁵. [23] But the Levites shall do the service⁷⁶ of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among⁷⁷ the children of Israel they have no inheritance. [24] 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.⁷⁸

[25] [¶]And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, [26] 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 shall⁷⁹ offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, [even] a tenth [part⁸⁰] of the tithe. [27] And [this] your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though⁸¹ [it were] the corn⁸² of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress. [28] 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 shall⁸³ give thereof the Lord’s heave offering to Aaron the priest. [29] Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the Lord, of all the best⁸⁴ thereof, [even] the hallowed part thereof out of it. [30] Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best⁸⁵ thereof from it, then it shall⁸⁶ be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress. [31] And ye shall eat it in every⁸⁷ place, ye and your households: for it [is] your reward⁸⁸ for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation. [32] And ye shall bear⁸⁹ no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute⁹⁰ the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.