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Starting now, the rest of the People of Israel cannot wander in and out of the Tent of Meeting; they'll be penalized for their sin and the penalty is death.
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It's the Levites and only the Levites who are to work in the Tent of Meeting and they are responsible for anything that goes wrong. This is the regular rule for all time. They get no inheritance among the People of Israel;
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instead I turn over to them the tithes that the People of Israel present as an offering to God. That's why I give the ruling: They are to receive no land-inheritance among the People of Israel."
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"Speak to the Levites. Tell them, When you get the tithe from the People of Israel, the inheritance that I have assigned to you, you must tithe that tithe and present it as an offering to God.
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Your offerings will be treated the same as other people's gifts of grain from the threshing floor or wine from the wine vat.
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This is your procedure for making offerings to God from all the tithes you get from the People of Israel: give God's portion from these tithes to Aaron the priest.
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Make sure that God's portion is the best and holiest of everything you get.
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"Tell the Levites, When you offer the best part, the rest will be treated the same as grain from the threshing floor or wine from the wine vat that others give.
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You and your households are free to eat the rest of it anytime and anyplace - it's your wages for your work at the Tent of Meeting.
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By offering the best part, you'll avoid guilt, you won't desecrate the holy offerings of the People of Israel, and you won't die."