Numbers 18:21-32

21 “I give to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as their inheritance in return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting.
22 From now on the Israelites must not go near the tent of meeting, or they will bear the consequences of their sin and will die.
23 It is the Levites who are to do the work at the tent of meeting and bear the responsibility for any offenses they commit against it. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. They will receive no inheritance among the Israelites.
24 Instead, I give to the Levites as their inheritance the tithes that the Israelites present as an offering to the LORD. That is why I said concerning them: ‘They will have no inheritance among the Israelites.’ ”
25 The LORD said to Moses,
26 “Speak to the Levites and say to them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe I give you as your inheritance, you must present a tenth of that tithe as the LORD’s offering.
27 Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress.
28 In this way you also will present an offering to the LORD from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites. From these tithes you must give the LORD’s portion to Aaron the priest.
29 You must present as the LORD’s portion the best and holiest part of everything given to you.’
30 “Say to the Levites: ‘When you present the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the product of the threshing floor or the winepress.
31 You and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere, for it is your wages for your work at the tent of meeting.
32 By presenting the best part of it you will not be guilty in this matter; then you will not defile the holy offerings of the Israelites, and you will not die.’ ”

Cross References 20

  • 1. ver 24; S Genesis 28:22; Numbers 31:28; Deuteronomy 14:22; Nehemiah 10:37; Nehemiah 13:5; Malachi 3:8
  • 2. Leviticus 27:30-33; Hebrews 7:5
  • 3. Numbers 1:53
  • 4. S Exodus 28:43; Leviticus 22:9; Numbers 1:51
  • 5. S Exodus 12:14; S Exodus 27:21
  • 6. Numbers 10:8
  • 7. ver 20; Numbers 26:62; Deuteronomy 10:9
  • 8. Ezekiel 44:10
  • 9. Leviticus 27:30; Deuteronomy 26:12
  • 10. ver 21
  • 11. ver 28; Nehemiah 10:38
  • 12. Leviticus 7:18
  • 13. Genesis 50:10; Deuteronomy 15:14; Judges 6:37; Ru 3:3,6,14; 1 Samuel 23:1
  • 14. ver 12,30
  • 15. Malachi 3:8
  • 16. S ver 27
  • 17. ver 23
  • 18. Leviticus 22:15
  • 19. ver 29
  • 20. S Leviticus 19:8
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