18:1 And the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying,
Thou and thy sons and thy father's house shall bear the sins of the holy
things, and thou and thy sons shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
18:2 And take to thyself thy brethren the tribe of Levi, the family of thy
father, and let them be joined to thee, and let them minister to thee; and
thou and thy sons with thee [shall minister] before the tabernacle of
witness.
18:3 And they shall keep thy charges, and the charges of the tabernacle;
only they shall not approach the holy vessels and the altar, so both they
and you shall not die.
18:4 And they shall be joined to thee, and shall keep the charges of the
tabernacle of witness, in all the services of the tabernacle; and a stranger
shall not approach to thee.
18:5 And ye shall keep the charges of the holy things, and the charges of
the altar, and [so] there shall not be anger among the children of Israel.
18:6 And I have taken your brethren the Levites out of the midst of the
children of Israel, a present given to the Lord, to minister in the services
of the tabernacle of witness.
18:7 And thou and thy sons after thee shall keep up your priestly
ministration, according to the whole manner of the altar, and that which is
within the veil; and ye shall minister in the services as the office of your
priesthood; and the stranger that comes near shall die.
18:8 And the Lord said to Aaron, And, behold, I have given you the charge of
the first-fruits of all things consecrated to me by the children of Israel;
and I have given them to thee as an honour, and to thy sons after thee for a
perpetual ordinance.
18:9 And let this be to you from all the holy things that are consecrated
[to me, even] the burnt-offerings, from all their gifts, and from all their
sacrifices, and from every trespass-offering of theirs, and from all their
sin-offerings, whatever things they give to me of all their holy things,
they shall be thine and thy sons'.
18:10 In the most holy place shall ye eat them; every male shall eat them,
thou and thy sons: they shall be holy to thee.
18:11 And this shall be to you of the first-fruits of their gifts, of all
the wave-offerings of the children of Israel; to thee have I given them and
to thy sons and thy daughters with thee, a perpetual ordinance; every clean
person in thy house shall eat them.
18:12 Every first-offering of oil, and every first-offering of wine, their
first-fruits of corn, whatsoever they may give to the Lord, to thee have I
given them.
18:13 All the first-fruits that are in their land, whatsoever they shall
offer to the Lord, shall be thine: every clean person in thy house shall eat
them.
18:14 Every devoted thing among the children of Israel shall be thine.
18:15 And every thing that opens the womb of all flesh, whatsoever they
bring to the Lord, whether man or beast, shall be thine: only the first-born
of men shall be surely redeemed, and thou shalt redeem the first-born of
unclean cattle.
18:16 And the redemption of them [shall be] from a month old; their
valuation of five shekels-- it is twenty oboli according to the holy shekel.
18:17 But thou shalt not redeem the first-born of calves and the first-born
of sheep and the first-born of goats; they are holy: ad thou shalt pour
their blood upon the altar, and thou shalt offer the fat as a burnt-offering
for a smell of sweet savour to the Lord.
18:18 And the flesh shall be thine, as also the breast of the wave-offering
and as the right shoulder, it shall be thine.
18:19 Every special offering of the holy things, whatsoever the children of
Israel shall specially offer to the Lord, I have given to thee and to thy
sons and to thy daughters with thee, a perpetual ordinance: it is a covenant
of salt for ever before the Lord, for thee and thy seed after thee.
18:20 And the Lord said to Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their
land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them; for I [am] thy portion
and thine inheritance in the midst of the children of Israel.
18:21 And, behold, I have given to the sons of Levi every tithe in Israel
for an inheritance for their services, whereinsoever they perform ministry
in the tabernacle of witness.
18:22 And the children of Israel shall no more draw nigh to the tabernacle
of witness to incur fatal guilt.
18:23 And the Levite himself shall perform the service of the tabernacle of
witness; and they shall bear their iniquities, it is a perpetual statute
throughout their generations; and in the midst of the children of Israel
they shall not receive an inheritance.
18:24 Because I have given as a distinct portion to the Levites for an
inheritance the tithes of the children of Israel, whatsoever they shall
offer to the Lord; therefore I said to them, In the midst of the children of
Israel they shall have no inheritance.
18:25 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
18:26 Thou shalt also speak to the Levites, and shalt say to them, If ye
take the tithe from the children of Israel, which I have given you from them
for an inheritance, then shall ye separate from it a heave-offering to the
Lord, a tenth of the tenth.
18:27 And your heave-offerings shall be reckoned to you as corn from the
floor, and an offering from the wine-press.
18:28 So shall ye also separate them from all the offerings of the Lord out
of all your tithes, whatsoever ye shall receive from the children of Israel;
and ye shall give of them an offering to the Lord to Aaron the priest.
18:29 Of all your gifts ye shall offer an offering to the Lord, and of every
first-fruit the consecrated part from it.
18:30 And thou shalt say to them, When ye shall offer the first-fruits from
it, then shall it be reckoned to the Levites as produce from the
threshing-floor, and as produce from the wine-press.
18:31 And ye shall eat it in any place, ye and your families; for this is
your reward for your services in the tabernacle of witness.
18:32 And ye shall not bear sin by reason of it, for ye shall have offered
an offering of first-fruits from it, and ye shall not profane the holy
things of the children of Israel, that ye die not. |
18:1 And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and
thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the
sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your
priesthood.
18:2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father,
bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto
thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle
of witness.
18:3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle:
only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar,
that neither they, nor ye also, die.
18:4 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
stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
18:5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the
altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
18:6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among 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.
18:7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office
for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have
given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger
that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
18:8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the
charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of
Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy
sons, by an ordinance for ever.
18:9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire:
every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin
offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs which they shall
render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.
18:10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it
shall be holy unto thee.
18:11 And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave
offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy
sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that
is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
18:12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the
wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them
have I given thee.
18:13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto
the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat
of it.
18:14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
18:15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring
unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless
the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean
beasts shalt thou redeem.
18:16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem,
according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
18:17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the
firstling of a goat, thou shalt 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 savor unto the LORD.
18:18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the
right shoulder are thine.
18:19 All the heave 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 a covenant of salt for
ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
18:20 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their
land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine
inheritance among the children of Israel.
18:21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel
for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of
the tabernacle of the congregation.
18:22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the
tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
18:23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for
ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they
have no inheritance.
18:24 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.
18:25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
18:26 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 shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD,
even a tenth part of the tithe.
18:27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it
were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
18:28 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 shall give
thereof the LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest.
18:29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD,
of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.
18:30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best
thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase
of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
18:31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is
your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
18:32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it
the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of
Israel, lest ye die. |