Bemiḏbar (Numbers) 18

Num 18:1 And יהוה said to Aharon, “You and your sons and your father’s
house with you are to bear the crookedness against the set-apart place, and
you and your sons with you are to bear the crookedness against your
priesthood.
Num 18:2 “But bring with you your brothers of the tribe of Lĕwi too, the
tribe of your father to join you and serve you while you and your sons are
with you before the Tent of the Witness.
Num 18:3 “And they shall guard your charge, and the duty of all the Tent, but
they do not come near the furnishings of the set-apart place and the altar, lest
they die, both they and you.
Num 18:4 “And they shall be joined with you and guard the duty to the Tent
of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent, but a stranger does not come near
you.
Num 18:5 “And you shall guard the duty of the set-apart place and the duty
of the altar, so that there be no more wrath on the children of Yisra’ĕl.
Num 18:6 “And see, I Myself have taken your brothers the Lĕwites from the
midst of the children of Yisra’ĕl – a gift to you, given by יהוה, to do the
service of the Tent of Meeting.
Num 18:7 “But you and your sons with you are to guard your priesthood for
all matters at the altar and behind the veil, and you shall serve. I have given
you the priesthood as a gift for service, but the stranger who comes near is
put to death.”
Num 18:8 And יהוה spoke to Aharon, “And see, I Myself have also given you
the charge of My contributions, all the set-apart gifts of the children of
Yisra’ĕl. I have given them to you for the anointing, and to your sons, as a
law forever.
Num 18:9 “This is yours of the most set-apart gifts, from the fire: all their
offerings, all their grain offerings and all their sin offerings and all their guilt
offerings which they render to Me, are most set-apart for you and your sons.
Num 18:10 “Eat it in the most set-apart place – every male eats it. It is set-
apart to you.
Num 18:11 “This also is yours: the contribution of their gift, with all the
wave offerings of the children of Yisra’ĕl. I have given them to you, and your
sons and daughters with you, as a law forever. Everyone who is clean in your
house eats it.
Num 18:12 “All the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine and the
grain – their first-fruits which they give to  יהוה– I have given them to you.
Num 18:13 “The first-fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to
יהוה, are yours. Everyone who is clean in your house eats it.
Num 18:14 “All that is dedicated in Yisra’ĕl is yours.
Num 18:15 “Everyone opening a womb of all flesh, which they bring to יהוה,
whether man or beast, is yours. But the first-born of man you shall certainly
ransom, and the first-born of the unclean beast you ransom.
Num 18:16 “And ransom their ransomed ones when one month old,
according to your valuation, five sheqels of silver, according to the sheqel of
the set-apart place, which is twenty gĕrahs.
Num 18:17 “But the first-born of a cow, or the first-born of a sheep, or the
first-born of a goat you do not ransom, they are set-apart. Sprinkle their
blood on the altar, and burn their fat as an offering made by fire for a sweet
fragrance to יהוה.
Num 18:18 “And their flesh is yours, as the wave breast and as the right
thigh, it is yours.
Num 18:19 “All the contributions of the set-apart gifts, which the children of
Yisra’ĕl present to  ,יהוהI have given to you and your sons and daughters with
you as a law forever. It is a covenant of salt forever before יהוה with you and
your seed with you.”
Num 18:20 And יהוה said to Aharon, “You are not to have an inheritance in
their land, nor have any portion in their midst. I am your portion and your
inheritance among the children of Yisra’ĕl.
Num 18:21 “And see, I have given the children of Lĕwi all the tithes in
Yisra’ĕl as an inheritance in return for the service which they are serving, the
service of the Tent of Meeting.
Num 18:22 “And let the children of Yisra’ĕl no more come near the Tent of
Meeting, lest they bear sin and die,
Num 18:23 because the Lĕwites shall do the service of the Tent of Meeting,
so they themselves bear their crookedness. A law forever, throughout your
generations: that among the children of Yisra’ĕl they are to have no
inheritance,
Num 18:24 but the tithes of the children of Yisra’ĕl, which they present as a
contribution to  ,יהוהI have given to the Lĕwites as an inheritance. That is why
I have said to them, ‘Among the children of Yisra’ĕl they have no
inheritance.’ ”
Num 18:25 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Num 18:26 “Speak to the Lĕwites and say to them, ‘When you take from the
children of Yisra’ĕl the tithes which I have given you from them as your
inheritance, then you shall present a contribution of it to  ,יהוהa tenth of the
tithe.
Num 18:27 ‘And your contribution shall be reckoned to you as grain from
the threshing-floor and as filling from the winepress.
Num 18:28 ‘Thus you also present a contribution unto יהוה from all your
tithes which you receive from the children of Yisra’ĕl. And you shall give
from it the contribution to יהוה to Aharon the priest.
Num 18:29 ‘From all your gifts you present every contribution due to יהוה,
from all the best of them, the set-apart part of them.’
Num 18:30 “And you shall say to them, ‘When you have presented the best
of it, then the rest shall be reckoned to the Lĕwites as the yield of the
threshing-floor and as the yield of the winepress.
Num 18:31 ‘And you shall eat it in any place, you and your households, for
it is your reward for your service in the Tent of Meeting,
Num 18:32 and bear no sin because of it, when you have presented the best
of it, and do not profane the set-apart gifts of the children of Yisra’ĕl, lest
you die.’ ”