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Duties of Levites |
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| Numbers 18:1 |
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So the LORD said to Aaron, "You and your sons
and your father's household with you shall bear the guilt in connection with the
sanctuary, and you and your sons with you shall bear the guilt in connection with
your priesthood. |
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| Numbers 18:2 |
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But bring with you also your brothers, the tribe
of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may be joined with you and serve
you, while you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony. |
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| Numbers 18:3 |
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And they shall thus attend to your obligation
and the obligation of all the tent, but they shall not come near to the furnishings
of the sanctuary and the altar, or both they and you will die. |
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| Numbers 18:4 |
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They shall be joined with you and attend to
the obligations of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; but an
outsider may not come near you. |
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| Numbers 18:5 |
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So you shall attend to the obligations of the
sanctuary and the obligations of the altar, so that there will no longer be wrath
on the sons of Israel. |
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| Numbers 18:6 |
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Behold, I Myself have taken your fellow Levites
from among the sons of Israel; they are a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD,
to perform the service for the tent of meeting. |
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| Numbers 18:7 |
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But you and your sons with you shall attend
to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and inside the veil, and
you are to perform service. I am giving you the priesthood as a bestowed service,
but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death." |
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The Priests' Portion |
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| Numbers 18:8 |
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Then the LORD spoke to Aaron, "Now behold, I
Myself have given you charge of My offerings, even all the holy gifts of the sons
of Israel I have given them to you as a portion and to your sons as a perpetual
allotment. |
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| Numbers 18:9 |
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This shall be yours from the most holy gifts
reserved from the fire; every offering of theirs, even every grain offering and
every sin offering and every guilt offering, which they shall render to Me, shall
be most holy for you and for your sons. |
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| Numbers 18:10 |
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As the most holy gifts you shall eat it; every
male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you. |
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| Numbers 18:11 |
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This also is yours, the offering of their gift,
even all the wave offerings of the sons of Israel; I have given them to you and
to your sons and daughters with you as a perpetual allotment. Everyone of your
household who is clean may eat it. |
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| Numbers 18:12 |
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All the best of the fresh oil and all the best
of the fresh wine and of the grain, the first fruits of those which they give
to the LORD, I give them to you. |
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| Numbers 18:13 |
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The first ripe fruits of all that is in their
land, which they bring to the LORD, shall be yours; everyone of your household
who is clean may eat it. |
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| Numbers 18:14 |
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Every devoted thing in Israel shall be yours. |
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| Numbers 18:15 |
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Every first issue of the womb of all flesh,
whether man or animal, which they offer to the LORD, shall be yours; nevertheless
the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals
you shall redeem. |
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| Numbers 18:16 |
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As to their redemption price, from a month old
you shall redeem them, by your valuation, five shekels in silver, according to
the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. |
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| Numbers 18:17 |
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But the firstborn of an ox or the firstborn
of a sheep or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. You
shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and shall offer up their fat in smoke
as an offering by fire, for a soothing aroma to the LORD. |
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| Numbers 18:18 |
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Their meat shall be yours; it shall be yours
like the breast of a wave offering and like the right thigh. |
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| Numbers 18:19 |
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All the offerings of the holy gifts, which the
sons of Israel offer to the LORD, I have given to you and your sons and your daughters
with you, as a perpetual allotment. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before
the LORD to you and your descendants with you." |
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| Numbers 18:20 |
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Then the LORD said to Aaron, "You shall have
no inheritance in their land nor own any portion among them; I am your portion
and your inheritance among the sons of Israel. |
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| Numbers 18:21 |
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"To the sons of Levi, behold, I have given all
the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they
perform, the service of the tent of meeting. |
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| Numbers 18:22 |
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The sons of Israel shall not come near the tent
of meeting again, or they will bear sin and die. |
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| Numbers 18:23 |
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Only the Levites shall perform the service of
the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a perpetual
statute throughout your generations, and among the sons of Israel they shall have
no inheritance. |
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| Numbers 18:24 |
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For the tithe of the sons of Israel, which they
offer as an offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance;
therefore I have said concerning them, 'They shall have no inheritance among the
sons of Israel.'" |
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| Numbers 18:25 |
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
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| Numbers 18:26 |
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"Moreover, you shall speak to the Levites and
say to them, 'When you take from the sons of Israel the tithe which I have given
you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present an offering from it
to the LORD, a tithe of the tithe. |
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| Numbers 18:27 |
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Your offering shall be reckoned to you as the
grain from the threshing floor or the full produce from the wine vat. |
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| Numbers 18:28 |
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So you shall also present an offering to the
LORD from your tithes, which you receive from the sons of Israel; and from it
you shall give the LORD'S offering to Aaron the priest. |
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| Numbers 18:29 |
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Out of all your gifts you shall present every
offering due to the LORD, from all the best of them, the sacred part from them.' |
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| Numbers 18:30 |
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You shall say to them, 'When you have offered
from it the best of it, then the rest shall be reckoned to the Levites as the
product of the threshing floor, and as the product of the wine vat. |
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| Numbers 18:31 |
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You may eat it anywhere, you and your households,
for it is your compensation in return for your service in the tent of meeting. |
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| Numbers 18:32 |
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You will bear no sin by reason of it when you
have offered the best of it. But you shall not profane the sacred gifts of the
sons of Israel, or you will die.'" |
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