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But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, thou shalt not ransom; they
are sanctified; thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar and shalt burn their fat
for an offering on fire, for an acceptable savour unto the LORD.
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And the flesh shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder shall be thine.
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All the
heave offerings of the holy things, which the sons of Israel offer unto the LORD, I have given for thee and for thy sons and for thy daughters with thee, by a perpetual statute; it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD for thee and for thy seed with thee.
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And the LORD spoke 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 sons of Israel.
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And, behold, I have given the sons of Levi all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their ministry because they serve
in the ministry of the tabernacle of the testimony.
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Neither must the sons of Israel from now on come near the tabernacle of the testimony lest they bear sin and die because of it.
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But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the testimony, and they shall bear their iniquity by a perpetual statute throughout your ages, and they shall not possess an inheritance among the sons of Israel.
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For unto the Levites I have given the tithes of the sons of Israel as inheritance, which they shall offer unto the LORD as offerings; therefore, I have said unto them, Among the sons of Israel they shall possess no inheritance.
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And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
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Thus shalt thou speak unto the Levites and say unto them, When ye take the tithes from the sons of Israel which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall present a tithe of the tithes as an offering unto the LORD.
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And ye shall count your offering as though
it were the grain of the threshingfloor and as the fullness of the winepress.